Intro : Fm, Db, Eb, Fm,Db,Eb
Verse :
Ab Cm FmM7 Fm
I will not make the same mistakes that you-u did
Eb Ab Cm
I-i-i will not let myself
FmM7 Fm Eb
Cause my heart so much misery
Ab Cm FmM7
I will no-ot break the way you did,
Fm Eb
You fell so-o hard
Ab Cm
I've learned the hard wa-a-ay
FmM7 Fm Eb Ebsus4
To never let it get that far
CHORUS:
Eb Fm
Because of you
Db Eb Ebsus4
I never stray too far from the si-idewalk
Eb Fm
Because of you
Db Eb C
I learned to play on the safe side so I do-on't get hurt
Bbm
Because of you
Ab/C
I find it hard to tru-st
Eb C7
Not only me, but everyo-one aro-und me
Db7
Because of you-u-u-u-u
Eb
I am afra-aid
Verse:
Ab Cm
I lose my way
Fm FmM Fm Eb
And it's not too long befo-ore you point it out
Ab Cm
I cannot cry
Fm FmM7 Fm Eb
Because you know that's weakness in your eyes
Ab Cm
I'm forced to fa-ake
Fm FmM7
A smile, A laugh
Fm Eb Ab
ev-eryday of my life
Cm
My heart can't possibly bre-e-eak
Fm FmM7 Fm Eb Ebsus4
When it wasn't even whole to sta-art with
CHORUS:
Eb Fm
Beca-a-ause of you
Db Eb Ebsus4
I never stray too far from the si-idewalk
Eb(p) Fm
Because of you
Db Eb C7
I learned to play on the safe side so I do-on't get hu-u-urt
Bbm
Because of you
Ab/C
I find it hard to tru-st
Eb C7
Not only me, but everyo-one aro-und me
Db7
Because of you-u-u-u-u-u
Eb
I am afra-aid
Bridge
Cm
I watched you die
Fm Eb Ebsus4,Eb,Ebsus2
I heard you cry every night in yo-ur sleep
Eb Cm
I was so-o young
Fm Eb Ebsus4,Eb,Ebsus2
You should have known better than to lean on me
Eb Cm Fm
You never thought of anyone else
Eb Ebsus4,Eb
You just saw your pain
Ebsus4 Cm Fm
And now I cry in the middle of the night
Eb Ebsus4,Eb,Ebsus4,Eb,Ebsus4
For the same damn thing
Chorus :
Eb Fm
Because of you
Db Eb
I never stray too far from the si-idewalk
Fm
Because of you
Db Eb
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Gm
Becau-u-use of you
Eb F
I try my hardest ju-st to forget e-everything
Gm
Becau-use of you
Eb F D7
I don't know how to let an-nyone el-lse in
Cm
Because of you
Bb/D F D7
I'm ashamed of my li-i-ife because it's em-pty
Eb
Because of you
F
I am afraid
Outro:
Gm Eb F
Because of you
Gm Eb F
Because of you