Intro: Ab Fm  Ab Fm

Verse 1:
Ab              Fm
  Got me to stay, said that you need me
Ab                       Fm
  Stop 'cause these words don't have a
  meaning
Bbm                    Eb
  No, they don't, at least not to me.
Ab                 Fm
  There'll be a day, I'll be more creative
Ab            Fm
  a poetic way to say I'm not leaving
Bbm                        Eb
  To the world, not to your face, mmm

Chorus:
                  Db               Cm
I'll take my pride, stand here for you
            Fm                      Eb
No, I'm not blind, just seeing it through
            Db                Cm
You take my life just for the thrill
          Fm                      Bb7
I'll take tonight and die on this hill
   Db
I always will

Verse 2:
Ab                  Fm
  I know that I look stubborn and
  patient
Ab                      Fm
  But you wrote the book, I just took a page out.
Bbm                            Eb
  To be loved, to be loved and nothing
  more.
Ab                      Fm
  And you kept your word, Do you want a
  medal?
Ab                   Cm
  The way that someone leaves this
Fm
world is all just levels
Bbm                      Eb
  Tell me now, oh, tell me now

Chorus:
             Db                    Cm
I'll take my pride, stand here for you
            Fm                      Eb
No, I'm not blind, just seeing it through
            Db                  Cm
You take my life just for the thrill
          Fm                      Bb7
I'll take tonight and die on this hill
  Dbm     Fm
I always will.

Bridge:
                 C 
I'll be here the whole night
                      Eb
I'll be here 'cause I care
                 Bb 
Yeah, I know you don't care
         Bbm
I know nothing could matter
            Cm                    Eb
God, I wish something mattered to you

Chorus:
             Db                    Cm
I'll take my pride, stand here for you
            Fm                      Eb
No, I'm not blind, just seeing it through
            Db                  Cm
You take my life just for the thrill
                Fm                      Bb7
Well, I'll take tonight and die on this hill

Dbm                        Ab
I always, always, I always will