Crash First

{Part I} 

Intro 
G D Bm A6 x2 

 
G            D                    Bm 
  I fill my lungs with half my worth 
                 A 
And try to go numb so that I can't hurt 
G                 D                 Bm 
  'Cause at my highest I'm at my worst 
              A 
And I can't fly until I crash first 
 

 
G                              D 
  Everyone seein' me screamin', been that since birth 
Bm                               A 
  Everyone seein' this money I'm blowin' but nobody seein' the work 
G                           D 
  Look, Dad, I'm high like you, for me the pills don't work 
Bm                       A 
  I like diggin' in a bag, I like smokin' 'til it hurt 
G                         D 
  And if my eyes roll back, then let the tears come first 
Bm                              A 
  Been holdin' those in too long, fakin' it like I'm too strong 
G                          D 
  And when my eyes roll back, throw my body in the dam 
Bm                           A 
  And them things in my pocket, will you hide 'em from my fam? 
G                                 D 
  Will you tell the world I loved hard? Can you make 'em understand 
Bm                                        A 
  That all of the things I was strugglin' with, they ain't make me less a man? 
G                                      D 
  And all of the trauma I'm tryin' to bury probably made me who I am 
Bm                                   A 
  Think growin' up broken was necessary so I could fix my fam 
G                             D 
  And part of me died on this deathbed, holdin' my daddy's hand 
Bm                             N.C. 
  Just tell my daughters their father will drown if that means they can swim 
 

 
G            D                    Bm 
  I fill my lungs with half my worth 
                 A 
And try to go numb so that I can't hurt 
G                 D                 Bm 
  'Cause at my highest I'm at my worst 
              A 
And I can't fly until I crash first 
 

Outro 
G                       D 
  I know that it takes time, I'm comin' to get you 
Bm                       A 
  Walkin' a straight line, I need me a breakthrough 
G                         D 
  I'm smokin' a grapevine, sippin' the grape juice 
Bm 
  Choppin' a white line 
N.C. 
It's gettin' harder to face you 

{Part II} 

Intro 
Bm G D  x4 

 
   Bm                       G 
Yeah, take my hands off the wheel, I'm speedin' 
D 
  I said I hate you when I left, I didn't mean it 
Bm                    G 
  Open wounds from my nose, still bleedin' 
D 
  Only you can clean me up, I'm still fiendin' 
Bm                      G 
  Cold sweats and these meds can't treat it 
D 
  No sleep, I'ma party through the weekend 
Bm                G 
  Kerosene, black smoke, I'm breathin' 
N.C. 
  Somebody save me, I've been fallin' off the deep end 
 

 
Bm                      G 
  All I know is I don't know how to give a fuck (I don't) 
D 
  All I know is I don't know how to give a fuck (I don't) 
Bm                        G 
  I couldn't give a fuck (No) 
                     D 
I never gave a fuck (No) 

All I know is I don't know how to give a fuck 
 

 
Bm                               G 
  Under pressure, I don't got control of my aggression 
D 
  Under the influence, I'm 'bout to make a bad impression 
Bm                          G 
  On the dresser, it's some ammunition and a weapon 
D 
  And I've been smokin' on this shit since I was adolescent 
Bm                             G 
  Thirty sixes, I'm tryna get lucky, number seven 
D 
  I wonder if they got a spot for junkies up in Heaven 
Bm                                   G 
  Leave a message, they gon' find my body in the bedroom 
D                                 N.C. 
  And they can listen to this song if they want my confession 
 

 
Bm                      G 
  Take my hands off the wheel, I'm speedin' 
D 
  I said I hate you when I left, I didn't mean it 
Bm                    G 
  Open wounds from my nose, still bleedin' 
D 
  Only you can clean me up, I'm still fiendin' 
Bm                      G 
  Cold sweats and these meds can't treat it 
D 
  No sleep, I'ma party through the weekend 
Bm                G 
  Kerosene, black smoke, I'm breathin' 
N.C. 
  Somebody save me, I've been fallin' off the deep end 
 

 
Bm                      G 
  All I know is I don't know how to give a fuck (I don't) 
D 
  All I know is I don't know how to give a fuck (I don't) 
Bm                        G 
  I couldn't give a fuck (No) 
                     D 
I never gave a fuck (No) 

All I know is I don't know how to give a fuck 
 

Outro 
Bm            G 
  Go, go, go, go 

I'm gettin' closer to death 
D 
  Go, go, go, go 

I'm gettin' closer 
Bm            G 
  Go, go, go, go 

I'm gettin' closer to death 
D 
  Go, go, go, go 

I'm gettin' closer