Verse:

D                             G       Dsus4 
I hope that I can seem flawless to you 
Em7                      A 
And always take away the pain that you'll go through 
D                    G              D 
My impression is not always what it seems 
       G         A             G              D  
You're more of a reflection of what I used to be 



   A   B            G                  D            A 
...So why do I feel hollow when I look at your photograph? 
B                             G 
You take down my fortress and kill me with a smile  
D 
Please hold that thought a while 
A                               G 
And I'll try to put you on this path 
                                     D 
I hope you find the road I couldn't see 




[Refrão]
            A 
You won't be by yourself 
B                  A            G                      D 
I'll live for your problems and think of you when I'm gone 
A                            B A G A  
Don't worry now it won't be long 



       D                            G             Dsus4 
Verse: Once I was you I thought the world was safe 
Em7                     A 
A new perspective; everybody is insane 
D                   G          D 
Protecting you is a paranoid excuse 
G                     A           G            D 
I know that you'll do better than I could ever do 

    A    B                G 
... And thoughts of self-destruction 
            D             A 
Are now all buried in the past 
B                              G  
You take down my barricade and melt away my heart 
   D                      A                          G 
If loving hurts so much I want this pain to always last 
                                           D 
I hope you pass the test that I have failed 




[Refrão]
            A 
You won't be by yourself 
B                  A            G                      D 
I'll live for your problems and think of you when I'm gone 
A                            B A G A  
Don't worry now it won't be long 



              D                   A 
Outro: I apologize to you for the words not spoken yet 
 B                A             G 
Don't want you to look back and live in regret 
      D          A                  B   G A D 
Some day you'll ask me why I was away...