Spoken:
I, your name, do solemnly swear, not to off myself, think about offing myself,
or continue thinking about offing myself without reaching out for help after listening to this song
Verse:
G
Sometimes I see them on the sidewalk, biking on the wet chalk
Em
Spelling out their names and I feel insane
C
Cause I know it's just a game, that I'm playing with my brain
D
I don't see her but I see her and I know it isn't real
G
But I fake it anyway, pull a smile and wave
Em
Nod and look away, wait for it to fade
C
But it happens all the time and people say it's fine
D
My roommate says they're killing us but we're killing ourselves and I'm surrounded by
Chorus:
G
Dead girls on the road
Em
Dead girls on my phone
C
Dead girls
D
Where do they go
G
All of the xxxxin', dead girls all around
Em
Dead girls in my town
C
Dead girls
D
I don't know
C D
Dead girls, where do they go
Verse:
G
And it’d be wrong to say I miss them I didn’t really know him
Em
I just have a couple friends who say they knew him well
C
He seemed like something special, really don’t they all
D
I guess before you’re gone it can be kind of hard to tell
G Em
I broke the xxxxing news, it wasn’t mine to break
C D
She cried and I was empty, it wasn’t mine to say
Chorus:
G
There’s dead kids on the road
Em
Dead kids in my phone
C
Dead kids
D
Where do they go
G
I wanna be a, dead kid with my friends
Em
Dead kids home again
C
Dead kids
D
I don’t know
Verse:
G Em
You like them better dead, better dead
C D
Just say you want it like that
G Em
You like me better dead, better dead
C D G
Gun against your head, you like them dead
Bridge:
C D G
And if all you ever see are dead girls
C D Em
If all you hear is terrible news
C D G
Maybe it’s not all about the dead girls
C D G Em C D G
Maybe it’s more about you, the living need attention too
Chorus:
G
Dead kids all the time
Em
Dead kids in our prime
C
Dead kids
D
Where do they go?
G
I wanna be a dead girl like the rest
Em
Dead girls are the best
C D
That’s why we’re on every show
Outro:
G Em
You like them better dead, better dead
C D
Just say you want it like that
G Em
You like me better dead, better dead
C D G
Gun against your head, you like them dead
It should be this:
F Bb
Just another grey autumn day
F Dm
You’re the sunshine trying to break through
Bb C F Bb F C
No I never imagine that my path would lead to you
Dm C F Dm C F
A look in your eyes as they met mine
C
Seem to say we’re the same
A7
In so many ways
Dm
Though we’re worlds apart
C
I will promise you
F Eb Bb
I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t let you down
F Bb F Dm
There are so many reasons to keep us apart
Bb C F Bb
But it won’t stop me losing
F C
My mind or my heart
Dm C F
What would I give
Dm C F
To touch your hand
C
Oh just feel your skin
A7
I’d breathe you in
Dm
Could this ever be
C
You’ll be next to me
F Eb Bb
No I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t let you down
C#
I know myself so well
F
But I’ve never been here before
C#
You’re just out of my reach
But I will be here
C
Of that you can be sure
Can be sure
F Bb
It’s another grey autumn day
F Dm
You’re the sunshine trying to break through
Bb C F Bb F C
I can only imagine that I’m walking with you
Dm C F Dm C F
I realise if you were mine
C
We may fall apart
A7
Oh you’d have my heart
Dm C
There’s too many things between you and me
F Eb Bb
No I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t I won’t let you down
F Eb Bb
No I won’t let you down