Intro
Em D D/B C D
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Em D D/B C D
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Verse 1
Em D
..I cut loose your prehistoric point of view
C D
..A tight noose that hung me above all I knew
Em D C D
..You’re fish food and I Am not afraid of you now…..
Em D
..I shampooed out all the dirt from your abuse
C D
..In ten moves you’re gonna change your attitude
Em D C
..A shark tooth and you should be afraid of me now
Pre-Chorus
Am
A snake in the grass, a shark in the ocean
D/B C
I couldn’t trust you with my emotions
D Em C
I had to become a recluse, I like me better now that I’m mad
Am
A snake in the grass, a shark in the ocean
D/B C
I couldn’t trust you with my emotions
D Em C
And now you’re calling me crazy ’cause I like being bad
Chorus
Em
..This is the way, uh
D C
This is the way that I hurt you
D Em D C
But cutting you loose, you can’t get a grip of my heart
Em
..This is the way, uh
D C
This is the way that I hurt you
D Em D C
Though you tried to convince me I’m burning, I came out alive
Verse 2
Em D
..You tried to sell my death like it’s a parachute
C D
..Send me out to war like I was bulletproof
Em D C D
..But now you’re watching your back when you come through my town..
Em D
..The class clowns got your chakras shaking in their boots
C D
..I put too much pressure on a substitute
Em C
..You couldn’t handle me then, can’t put a stop to me now
Pre-Chorus
Am
A snake in the grass, a shark in the ocean
D/B C
I couldn’t trust you with my emotions
D Em C
I had to become a recluse, I like me better now that I’m mad
Am
A snake in the grass, a shark in the ocean
D/B C
I couldn’t trust you with my emotions
D Em C
And now you’re calling me crazy ’cause I like being bad
Chorus
Em
..This is the way, uh
D C
This is the way that I hurt you
D Em D C
But cutting you loose, you can’t get a grip of my heart
Em
..This is the way, uh
D C
This is the way that I hurt you
D Em D C
Though you tried to convince me I’m burning, I came out alive
Post-Chorus
Am D
..What doesn’t kill us makes us stranger
C D
They say that damaged people aren’t afraid of danger
Em C
You cut, you can bruise but I’ve got ten rounds for your one
Am D
..What doesn’t kill us makes us stranger
C D
They say that damaged people aren’t afraid of danger
Em C
I’ll be black, I’ll be blue, still, I’ll rise like the morning sun
Bridge
Em
..Ever been in the swamp and kept rowing?
C
..Had the weight of the world and stayed floating?
Em
Showed up brand new when inside your broken
C
The power in you, yeah, it won’t Go unnoticed
Chorus
Em
..This is the way, uh
D C
This is the way that I hurt you
D Em D C
But cutting you loose, you can’t get a grip of my heart
Em
..This is the way, uh
D C
This is the way that I hurt you
D Em D C
Though you tried to convince me I’m burning, I came out alive