Intro: Am7 C F F Verse 1: Am7 C You never know a good thing 'til it passes F G 'Til it lights you up and leaves you in its ashes Am7 C F G It's always hiding money underneath the mattress for a rainy day Am7 C And I wish that I could find a way to slow down F G Help the kid I used to know maybe find his way back out Am7 C All the callous of the world has dragged his soul down F But who is to blame? Chorus: Am7 C I wanna sing all the words of a sinner F I wanna live by the words of a saint G Am7 Give all my love to the world like my mother F Finding the pleasure in the pain Am7 C I want the devil to yell on my shoulder F I want the angel to call him insane G Am7 I wanna look at myself in the mirror F Proud of my bruises and my stains Verse 2: Am7 C And I'm trying to make friends with all the anger F G So I go outside 'cause maybe I could walk off all the hurt Am7 You know pale skin always tans after a sunburn Dm7 F So life is good Chorus: Am7 C I wanna sing all the words of a sinner F I wanna live by the words of a saint C G Am7 Give all my love to the world like my mother F Finding the pleasure in the pain Am7 C I want the devil to yell on my shoulder F I want the angel to call him insane G Am7 I wanna look at myself in the mirror F Proud of my bruises and my stains Post-Chorus: G Mm, mm-mm Am F Oh, Proud of my bruises and my stains Outro: G Am7 F -Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh- oh-oh, oh-oh G Am C F Maybe I'm not, not what you want me to be -oh-oh, oh-oh-oh- G Am7 Dm7 F Maybe there's more to the story that you'll never see -oh-oh, oh-oh-oh- G Am F I'll never run with the sinners, and I'm no saint -oh-oh, oh-oh-oh- G Am Dm7 F I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains -oh-oh, oh-oh-oh- G Am C F Oh, I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains G Am F I gotta learn how to live with my bruises and stains
