Intro:  [Em]  [C]  [D],   [Em]  [C] [D]...
 
 
[G2]           [Bm7]        [Em]                       [D]
  I will not make the same mistakes that you did
[G2]           [Bm7]  
  I will not let myself
[Em]                                 [D]
Cause my heart so much misery
[G2]           [Bm7]        [Em]
  I will not break the way you did,
           [D]
You fell so hard
[G2]                  [Bm7]         
  I've learned the hard way
     [Em]                  [Dsus4]  [D]  
To never let it get that far
 
 
             [Em]      
Because of you
            [C]                   [Dsus4]    [D]  [Dsus4]  
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
    [D5]     [Em]     
Because of you
                          
[C]             [Dsus4]      [D]   [B]   
I learned to play on 
the safe side so I don't get hurt
 
            [C]     
Because of you
                      [G/B]       [Dsus4]      
             [B]                     
I find it hard to trust not
 only me, but everyone around me
             [Cmaj7] (or [C])     
Because of you
         [Dsus4]
I am afraid
 
 
[G2]          [Bm7]
  I lose my way
          [Em]                      [D]
And it's not too long before you point it out
[G2]         [Bm7]
  I cannot cry
      [Em]                           [D]
Because you know that's weakness in your eyes
[G2]             [Bm7]
  I'm forced to fake
    [Em]                  [D]           [G2]
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
                [Bm7]
My heart can't possibly break
         [Em]                   [Dsus4]      [D]
When it wasn't even whole to start with
 
           [Em]      
Because of you
            [C]                   [Dsus4]    [D]  [Dsus4]       
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
    [D5]      [Em]     
Because of you
                          
[C]             [Dsus4]      [D]   [B]   
I learned to play on the
 safe side so I don't get hurt
 
              [C]     
Because of you
                      [G/B]       [Dsus4]      
             [B]                     
I find it hard to trust not
 only me, but everyone around me
             [Cmaj7] (or [C])     
Because of you
         [Dsus4]
I am afraid
 
 
               [Bm]      
I watched you die
             [Em]                   [Dsus4]      [D]   
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
          [Bm]
I was so young
                     [Em]                  [Dsus4]    [D]
You should have known better than to lean on me
           [Bm]                [Em]
You never thought of anyone else
                [Dsus4]  [D]
You just saw your pain
          [B]                         [Em]      
And now I cry in the middle of the night
          [Cmaj7]   [Dsus4]  [D]  [Dsus4]  [D]    
For the same damn thing
 
            [Em]
Because of you
             [C]            
    [Dsus4]    [D]  [Dsus4]               
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
    [D5]      [Em] 
Because of you
                         [C]  
               [Dsus4]     [D]      
I learned to play on the
 safe side so I don't get hurt
 
(key change A, pause)           
Because of y[F#m]you 
I try my hardest just[D]just to forget eve[Esus4]everything [E]   [Esus4]        
Beca[E5]Because of y[F#m]you 
I don't know how to le[D]let anyone els[Esus4]else in   [E]   [C#]   
Because of y[D]you
I'm ashamed of my li[A/C#]life because it's em[Esus4]empty    [C#]  
Because of yo[D]you
I am afr[Esus4]afraid   [E] 
Because of you  [F#m]   
Ooh, ooh[D]oohhh, ohhh      [E] 
Because of you  [F#m]      
Ooh, oohh[D]oohhh, ohhh      [E]    
 
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