To A Frien — Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire - To A Frien

(Crisis 2006)

Intro: F--G--

Verse 1:
Am
  I'm thinking that
it's time to get out
Am                       F
  My patients are fading fast
Am
  The mind bruises just

a little bit easier
Am                       F
  Dark times and shadows cast
Am             G         F
  What are you suffering for?
Am              G
  Your pride or some
        F
kind of personal war?
Am             G         F
  And when you throw it away
Am            G
  For nothing more than
  F
a simple taste

Chorus 1:
F              G
  I'll stay in time and
          Am
watch you pass by
[paranoia woven deep
        F   F
beneath my skin]
               G
I'll draw this line
                Am          G
and hope you'll take my side
(breath slow breath slow)
F               G
  you shouldn't have
          Am
to fight alone
[you shouldn't have
         F  F
to fight at all]
             G
its nobody's battle
         Am F
but your own

Verse 2:
Am
  panic holds me like a gun
F
  firm and steadfast
bleak and cold
Am
  I think its time
to kill the drama
F
  This life style's getting old
Am
  whispers behind closed doors
F
  eyes spy from dark windows
Am
  plotting minds that seek
          F
to harm me or maybe not
I don't really know

Breakdown:
Am         G
  There is something
Am     F
waiting for me
Am     F  F
in the darkest
Am
part of my imagination

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge:
Am
  This is just
self-induced terror
there's more to come
               F
this is just a glimpse
Am
  I tell myself
it's all in my head
but I'm pretty
           F
hard to convince
Am G
Oh  there's no relief
Am G
Oh  this world can offer
Am G
Oh  there's no relief
Am G
Oh  this world can offer-

Chorus 2: Silence
 F               G
-me I'll stay in time and
          Am
watch you pass by
F                G
  I'll draw this line
                Am
and hope you'll take my side
F               G
  you shouldn't have
          Am
to fight alone
F              G
  its nobody's battle
         Am F G(hold)
but your own