Intro:
Fm                                                              C7
You're trying to replace yourself, you're trying to replace yourself
Fm                                                              C7
You're trying to replace yourself, you're trying to replace yourself
Fm                                                              C7
You're trying to replace yourself, you're trying to replace yourself
Fm                                         nc
You're trying to replace yourself, you're-

Verse 1:
Fm                                   Db
Carving out a fact from a reckoning, beckoning you back, skin sagging off its skeleton
C7
Levitating off the ground is another man wearing your face
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All the other false identities, remedies or enemies to mitigate your memories
C7                                                       Fm
Shuddered at what they found when they stripped away the grace

Pre-Chorus:
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Eulogy or biography, I'm who I oughtta be, and that is God to me

-never never never-
Bbm                Fm                      G7
So, my God, what's wrong with me? If who I wanna be might
C                  C                  C                  C
Never Never Never. Never Never Never. Never Never Never. OH, NEVER!

Chorus:
Fm                                Db
You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive
C7
You'll never take me, you'll never take me, you better pray that I die
Fm                                Db
You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive
C7                                                                    Fm    C7
You'll never take me, you'll never take me, and no, you're never gon' find

Fm                                                    C7
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Fm                                                    C7
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!

Interlude:
   Fm   Db
   C

Verse 2:
Fm                                        Db
Damn, I thought you're not your imposter. You're so sure you're not gonna get caught
C7
Dead in your own skin, but you didn't choose what you were born in
Fm                                  Db
And another man in your repertoire, ready in your head and fed upon your memoirs
C7                                                  Fm
Still the same rules apply from the birthday to the mourning

Pre-Chorus:
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What you feel and what you do; are those things really you? And if not, then what is?

-never never never-
Bbm               Fm                            G7
Oh my God, what's wrong with you? And I'm still asking who that is
C                  C                  C                  C
Never Never Never. Never Never Never. Never Never Never. OH, NEVER!

Chorus:
Fm                                Db
You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive
C7
You'll never take me, you'll never take me, you better pray that I die
Fm                                Db
You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive
C7                                                                    Fm   C7
You'll never take me, you'll never take me, and no, you're never gon' find

Fm                                                    C7
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Fm                                                    C7
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!

Interlude:
   Fm  Eb
   D

Break:
   Gm
   Gm
   Cm
   D -x2-

Chorus:
Gm                                Eb
You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive
D7
You'll never take me, you'll never take me, you better pray that I die
Gm                                Eb
You'll never take me alive, baby. You'll never take me alive
D7                                                                    Gm   D7
You'll never take me, you'll never take me, and no, you're never gon' find

-This is not enough! This is not enough to prove it yet! No, I need to hit the bottom!-x2

Gm                                                    D7
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Gm                                                    D7
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Gm                                                    D7
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!
Gm                                D7                  Gm
Somebody to replace yourself! Somebody to replace yourself!