Gm
Mercy, mercy

Chains all wrapped around me, around me
                   Cm
Try to break free from the darker part of me
   Gm         D7 Gm
Mercy, mercy, please

 Gm
I forget myself and my good nature
                       Cm
When I let temptation get the better of me
 Gm   D7 Gm
Oh, mercy me

      Gm
All I see (monster)
       Eb       Cm
Is a monster in me
D     Gm
All I see (monster)
       Eb       Cm D
Is a monster in me

(Pause)
Gm
She is made of skeletons

I tried to bury long ago
Cm
Her fingers always on the trigger
Gm    D7  Gm
Oh, no, no, no

      Gm
All I see (monster)
       Eb       Cm
Is a monster in me
D     Gm
All I see (monster)
      Eb        Cm  D
Is a monster in me

 Gm
(Oh monster, oh monster
 Eb
Oh monster, oh monster)

      Cm       D
The monster is me

 Gm
(Oh monster, oh monster
 Eb             Cm   D
Oh monster, oh monster)

Bb
I want to be the hero you need
  Gm                                 Eb  F
I want to be brave, I want to believe
       Bb
But I take all the light and make it go black
Gm                                Eb D
Who could love somebody like that?

      Gm
All I see
      Eb         Cm
Is a monster in me
 D    Gm
All I see (monster)
       Eb       Cm  D
Is a monster in me, me

 Gm
(Oh monster, oh monster)
 Eb           Cm      D
(Oh monster, oh monster)

Single strum
      Gm         Eb
All I see is a monster
   Cm  D      Gm
A monster, in me