Verse 1:
G                 Ab
I finally found an escape
G                       Ab
An endless path forward awaited me
Fm                        Db
I told them I was running away
        Bb
I felt strong that day

Verse 2:
Ab
But life has a way to get you back
 Db      Bb
(La, la, la, la)
Ab
On a more familiar looking track
 Db      Bb
(La, la, la, la)
 Ab                                    Db
It makes you turn around and face the facts
          Bb                             Ab   Db
You were born with the scars that you carry

Chorus:
 Ab                                Db
Feeling useless is the name of my autobiography
 Ab                     Db         Eb
a lonely girl loses her family and friends
 Ab           Db
Cuts and bruises

(Cuts and bruises)
 Ab                 Db
Can’t seem to go without ‘em
   Ab
My skin is my canvas
    F                   Db
My scars are the story I tell
          Bb               Ab   Db
They say pain suits me well

Verse 3:
 Ab
There’s nothing you can say to make me believe
  Db                     Bb
(Nothing you can say to make me believe)
 Ab
Everything is not the way it seems
 Db                     Bb
(Everything is not the way it seems)
Ab                      Db
History has habits, it repeats
 Bb                          Ab   Db
And there’s nothing we can do about it

Chorus:
 Ab                                Db
Feeling useless is the name of my autobiography
 Ab                     Db         Eb
a lonely girl loses her family and friends
 Ab           Db
Cuts and bruises

(Cuts and bruises)
 Ab                 Db
Can’t seem to go without ‘em
   Ab
My skin is my canvas
    F                   Db
My scars are the story I tell
          Bb               Ab   Db  Bb  Fm
They say pain suits me well

Bridge:
Bb                Db   Ab
They begged me to stay
Bb                  Db   Ab
But I turned and ran away
Db                           Ab
There was nothing they could do to prove to me
 Bb                             Fm           Eb            Bb
That life would be better so I left them a letter by the door

Chorus:
                                          Ab          Db
Feeling useless is the name of my autobiography
 Ab                     Db         Eb
a lonely girl loses her family and friends
 Ab           Db
Cuts and bruises

(Cuts and bruises)
 Ab                 Db
Can’t seem to go without ‘em
   Ab
My skin is my canvas
    F                   Db
My scars are the story I tell
          Ab            G
They say pain suits me well