[Intro - Just drums B S (SS)BB - Capo at 6 for original key] [2 bars - later in song you can start sextuplet strums on downstroke to support busier vocal phrases]
[Verse 1 - Capo 3 for Guido - Second 'Oh Oh' suggests Cmaj7] [Em] First things first, I'ma say all the words inside my [C] head...I'm fired up and [B7] tired of the way that things have [Em] been oh-ooh ... The way that things have [C] been, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Em] Second thing second, don't you tell me what you think that I can [C] be I'm the one at the [B7] sail, I'm the master of my [Em] sea, oh-ooh The master of my [C] sea, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] broken from a young age, taking my [Em] sulking to the masses Writing my [C] po....ems for the few, that looked at me, t [B7] ook to me, shook to me, feeling me Singing from [Em] heartache, from the pain, take up my [Em] message from the veins Speaking my [C] lesson from the brain, seeing the [B7] beauty through the...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 2] [Em] Third things third, send a [Em] prayer to the ones up a [C] bove All the hate that you've [B7] heard has turned your spirit to a [Em] dove, oh-ooh Your spirit up a [C] bove, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Pre-Chorus - strumming in 6s?] I was [Em] choking in the crowd, building my [Em] rain up in the cloud Falling like [C] ashes to the ground, hoping my [B7] feelings, they would drown But they [Em] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, in [Em] hibited, limited Till it broke open and [C] rained down..... it rained [B7] down, like...
[Chorus - Pain on snare] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever
[Verse 3 - No drums] [Em] Last things last, by the [Em] grace of the fire and the [C] flames .. You're the face of the [B7] future, the blood in my [Em] veins, oh-ooh The [Em] blood in my [C] veins, oh- [B7] ooh-ooh
[Alternative chords?] But they [C] never did, ever lived, ebbing and flowing, inhibited, limited Till it broke open and [D] rained down, it rained [B/D#] down, [N.C.] like...
[Chorus - Full drums] [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! You break me down, you build me up, be [C] liever, be [B7] liever [Em] Pain! Oh, [Em] let the bullets fly, oh, let them [C] rain My [B7] life, my love, my drive, they came from... [Em] Pain! You made me a, you made me a be [C] liever, be (stop) [B7] liever
G I'd tell myself you don't mean a thing Em and what we got, got no hold on me C But when you're not there I just crumble G I tell myself, I don't care that much Em But I feel like I die till I feel your touch C Only love
[Chorus]
G Only love can hurt like this Em Only love can hurt like this C Must have been a deadly kiss G Only love can hurt like this
[Verse]
G Say I wouldn't care if you walked away Em But every time you're there I'm begging you to stay C When you come close I just tremble G And every time, every time you go Em It's like a knife that cuts right through my soul C Only love
[Chorus]
G Only love can hurt like this Em Only love can hurt like this C Must have been a deadly kiss G Only love can hurt like this Em Only love can hurt like this C Your kisses burning to my skin G Only love can hurt like this
[Bridge]
Em And it's the sweetest pain C Burning hot through my veins D Love is torture makes me more sure
[Chorus]
G Em C Only love can hurt like this G Only love can hurt like this Em Only love can hurt like this C Must have been the deadly kiss G Only love can hurt like this Em Only love can hurt like this C Your kisses burning to my skin G Em Only love can hurt like this C Only love can hurt like this G Em Save me, save, only love, only C Only love can hurt like this G And it must have been a deadly kiss