F Am G
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[Verse 1]
F                            Am   G
I’m holding back my own hair now
F                                      Am   G
‘Cause you don’t even want to hold my hand
F                                         Am     G
I can’t change the person I was before I met you
F                     Am      G
I can’t change where I’ve been

[Pre-Chorus]
G                         Am  F
But how could I have told you when you didn’t want to hear it?
G                      Am   F
And how can I tell you now if you don’t want to listen?

[Chorus]
F                                     Am
I wasn’t always the person that I am now
              G
But I worked so hard to get here
F                                     Am
And all I want is for you to hear me out
                     G
Or am I singing to a crowd of new deaf ears?

[Post-Chorus]
F                     G
I haven’t always been quite this innocent
Am              G
But I worked so hard to get here
F                     G
I haven’t always been quite this innocent
F               Am       G (hold)     F  Am
But I worked so haaaaaard         to get here

F Am

[Verse 2]
Am                         C         G
The road to recovery was a long one, in case you wanna know
Am                              C     G
I was reduced to nothing but my shell
F                                               Am       G
While trying to find someone who would love the exterior
F                                       Am   G
Well, I subsequently destroyed my inner self

[Pre-Chorus 2]
G                             Am       F
But how could I have told you when you didn’t want to hear it?
G                           Am      F
And God, I really need this now, so tell me that you'll listen

[Chorus]
F                                 C
I wasn’t always the person that I am now
             G
But I worked so hard to get here
F                                    Am
And all I want is for you to hear me out
                     G
Or am I singing to a crowd of new deaf ears?

[Post-Chorus]
F                                G
I haven’t always been quite this innocent
Am              G
But I worked so hard to get here
F                     G
I haven’t always been quite this innocent
F               Am       G (hold)        C    Am  F
But I worked so haaaaaard         to get here

C Am F

[Bridge]
C*                      Am*                    F*
I fell for a trick and fell into the trap of a thief’s bed
C*                         Am*                     F*
Who stole what I’ve known, corrupted my bones and left me there for dead
C*                    Am*                         F*
He borrowed my body until my skin started rotting through my head
C*                  Am*                      F*
I woke up alone and these jutting bones were all that I had left
      C*              Am*
I was all that I had left
           F
And I felt totally inept
           C              Am
I tried to use my body to connect
            F
That gaping hole right through my chest
          C                   Am     F
But I was nothing but rotting flesh
          C                       Am F
No, I was nothing but rotting flesh
C*                    Am*
Confused, I cried and wept
    F*                 C* Am*
For God to take me back

[Outro]
F*
I wasn’t always the person that I am now
                G*
But I worked so hard to get here (x2)