INTRO: C#, A#, C#, A#, F#, G#

A#                                          C#
So here I sit looking at the traffic lights
                                                 F#
The red extinguishes the hope that the green ignites
                                         C#
I want to run away I want to ditch my life
                    G#                        A#
Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night

                                          C#
And after all of my alibis desert me

I just want to get by
                                F#
I don't want nothing to hurt me
                                  
I had no idea where my head was at 
          C#                     G#                              
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
         A#             G#                C#
Because I just want for all of this to end


     F#        C#
And I so hate consequences
         A#                                          G#
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#                C#
  Ohh....... Consequences
      A#                             G#
Oh God, don't make me face up to this
      F#       C#
And I so hate consequences
        A#                                            G#
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#
Cause I know that I let you down
G#
And I don't want to deal with that

Intro repeated*


A#
It just now hit me this is more than just a set back
C#
And when you spelled it out, well, I guess I didn't get that
F#
And every trace of momentum is gone
         C#                   G#                          A#
And this isn't turning out the way I want  


                                                                
And after all of my alibis desert me
C#
I just want to get by
 
I don't want nothing to hurt me
  F#                               
I had no idea where my head was at 
          C#                           G#
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
         A#                       G#                C#
Because I just want for all of this to end


           F#        C#
And I so hate consequences
         A#                                          G#
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#                C#
  Ohh....... Consequences
      A#                             G#
Oh God, don't make me face up to this
           F#       C#
And I so hate consequences
        A#                                            G#
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#
Cause I know that I let you down
G#
And I don't want to deal with that


 A#
And I spent all last night
             F#
Tearing down

Every stoplight
                           C#
And stop sign in this town

Now I think there might
                         G#
Be no way to stop me now

I'll get away despite
                            F#
The fact I'm so weighed down



          G#                                    A#       
All of my escapes have been exhausted

I thought I had a way but then I lost it
F#                                  G#
And my resistance was once much stronger
A#
And I know I can't go on like this much longer


F#,         C#,  F#,            C#


C#                                      A#
When I got tired of running from you
                                           F#
I stopped right there to catch my breath
                                      C#
There your words they caught my ears 
                     G#               C#
You said, "I miss you son. Come home"
                                     A#
And my sins, they watched me leave
                              F#
And in my heart I so believed 
                                 C#
The love you felt for me was mine 
                          G#         D#
The love I'd wished for all this time 

And when the doors were closed
A#                G#
I heard no I told you so's
   F#
I said the words I knew you knew
          C#              G#
Oh God, Oh God I needed you
A#                          G#                   F#      
God all this time I needed you, I needed you

          

          F#       C#
And I so hate consequences
         A#                                          G#
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#                C#
  I hate these Consequences
      A#                             
And I know that I let you down
G#
And I don't want to deal with that