|E C#m |B A |E C#m |B A |

[Verse 1]
     E
Made plans with me and all your friends
    C#m                            B      A
I'm late again, I hate to keep you waiting
 E                           C#m                       B      A
Tried to be a gentleman, got drunk again before I even made it
E                                   C#m
Tried to call a car for you, you're tired of me
                    B      A
I know you wouldn't take it
    E                                  C#m
You walked a mile in Louis Vuitton and fucked 'em up
                         B       A
You know that they're my favorite

[Pre-Chorus]
    C#m
But we dress up and play pretend
     B
Then we act like we're good again
C#m
I do things I can't defend
    B
And even when you hold it in

[Chorus]
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
  E         C#m                      B   A
Explosions, hidden when we're in the open
E         C#m     B         A
Keep on smilin' until it's over
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly

[Verse 2]
E
Arguments that never end
       C#m                            B     A
You're talkin' shit to spice up conversation
E
I'm so sick of back and forth
      C#m                                     B      A
These fights with you are startin' to feel contagious
E
Said that I'm no good for you
C#m                            B      A
Right before we walk into your parents
     E
Then you put on that smile again
    C#m                          B   A
And grab my hand even though you hate it

[Pre-Chorus]
    C#m
But we dress up and play pretend
     B
Then we act like we're good again
C#m
I do things I can't defend
    B
And even when you hold it in

[Chorus]
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
  E         C#m                      B   A
Explosions, hidden when we're in the open
E         C#m     B         A
Keep on smilin' until it's over
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly

[Post-Chorus]
E                          C#m
Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    B                       A
You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't
E                          C#m
Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said
    B                       A
You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't

[Bridge]
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
  E         C#m                      B   A
Explosions, hidden when we're in the open
E         C#m     B         A
Keep on smilin' until it's over
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly

[Outro]
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
(Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said. You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)
  E         C#m                      B   A
Explosions, hidden when we're in the open
(Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said. You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)
E         C#m     B         A
Keep on smilin' until it's over
(Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said. You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)
E        C#m                      B     A
Hold it, even though it kills you slowly
(Oh, but, but it, it won't, but I said. You hold on, hopin' it gon' stop, but it don't)