Fake Smiles

           Cm 
It's like, the more I try, the less I feel 
Bb 
In desperate need of something real 
Gm 
Why, lately I ain't been the same? 
Ab 
And why I try so hard to hide this pain 
Cm 
I search, but I can't ever find 
Bb 
Can't seem to leave my past behind 
Gm 
'Cause all the ones I hope would stay 
Ab 
Are all the ones that fade away 

Verse 
Cm 
Truth is I think about you often 
Bb 
I miss your voice, I miss your smile that I used to get lost in 
Gm 
I know you know I have this thing for you, I never lost it 
Ab 
I think I just lost myself, in the midst of the non-sense 
Cm 
9 times out of 10, I'd close my eyes and dream about you 
Bb 
Don't know what it was, but you just had this thing about you 
Gm 
Lately we've been distant, see, I just can't be without you 
Ab 
And my soul got so attached to yours 
I can't be me without you 
Cm 
But, we hate ourselves because we run from the people we love 
Bb 
And we all hold on to the past 'cause we miss what it was 
Gm 
Don't wanna feel so we try to numbin' the pain with these drugs 
Ab 
Living in hell, 'cause we lost faith in the place up above 
Cm 
And my anxiety is breaking me, it kills me 
Bb 
I'm living in a world so fake, I lost touch of the real me 
Gm 
Had to take a look back, just to ask me if I'm still me 
Ab 
And would I still stand for this if they wanted to kill me? 
Cm 
I can't take it no more, I just can't take it no more 
Bb 
I can't smile like I'm okay, I just can't fake it no more 
Gm 
I can't act like I've been happy and complacent no more 
Ab 
'Cause every time I try to change, it is the same as before 
Cm 
My karma's coming, my karma's coming, it's weighing in 
Bb 
I'm drinking till all my feelings just fade away again 
Gm 
And mama, she always told me "this ain't a way to live" 
Ab 
But, when you feel what I'm feeling that's just the way it is 
Cm 
I'm trying not to break down but I just can't hide this pain 
Bb 
Saw myself in the mirror and I'm just not the same 
Gm 
But who's to blame? I guess we all change 
Ab 
We hurt the ones we love because of our pain, fuck... 

Cm 
It's like, the more I try, the less I feel 
Bb 
In desperate need of something real 
Gm 
Why, lately I ain't been the same? 
Ab 
And why I try so hard to hide this pain 
Cm 
I search, but I can't ever find 
Bb 
Can't seem to leave my past behind 
Gm 
'Cause all the ones I hope would stay 
Ab 
Are all the ones that fade away