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