The Mask

D G D G


[Verse 1]
     D
Hey, I got pains inside of me
G
Pains I don’t let people see
       D                                 G
I say I’m fine cause I know they see me strong
   D
Behind my eyes inside my soul

       G
Feels like I’m digging a deeper hole
     D
But I put on a smile
                 G
I lie and I hold on


[Chorus]
     D
But when I get home and its late at night
    Em
No ones around and I turn off the light
   D                                 G
I cry and scream and yell like crazy man
D
I don’t have to pretend that I’m doing well

      Em
I can tell the world it can go to hell
        D                 G               D   G
It’s just me and God when I take off the mask


[Verse 2]
      D
They say you got so much going on
    G
But in this crowd, I’m still alone
     D                                       G
But they don’t know cause I hold my head up high
         D
There’s times I can’t get out of bed

           G
I’m goin’ round and round inside my head
D                                  G
That’s when I slip it on so I can hide


[Chorus]
     D
And when I get home and its late at night
    Em
No ones around and I turn off the light
   D                                  G
I cry and scream and yell like crazy man
         D
I don’t have to pretend that I’m doing well

      Em
I can tell the world it can go to hell
         D                                G
It’s just me and God when I take off the mask


[Bridge]
G
I won’t give up, (I won’t give up)
             Em
I won’t give in, (I won’t give in)
                 G
I won’t take it off
                A
Still I’m with Him


[Chorus]

     D
And when I get home and its late at night
   Em
No ones around and I turn off the light
   D                                 G
I cry and scream and yell like crazy man
         D
I don’t have to pretend that I’m doing well
      Em
I can tell the world it can go to hell
          D               G               D   G D G D
It’s just me and God when I take off the mask