Friendleader

	  		
Intro: Bb Dm 

Verse 
Bb                             Dm 
There will be no soft sounds this time 
Bb                         C 
no arms, not mine at least 
Bb                        Dm 
should’ve expect this, I guess, 
  Bb                        C 
no “shh” can sooth your beast 
   Bb                        Dm 
and it was my problem once, 
          Bb                   C 
that violence inside your eyes 
Bb                                 Dm 
bright red and high with death and pie, 
      Bb                   C 
and rage that never dies 

     Bb                   Dm                            Bb              Dm 
and I used to blame myself, then I blamed everybody else, but never you 
Gm                  F 
cause you were just a messed up kid, 
Gm                F 
who’d step in it, get scared and sit, 
Gm                F                               Gm                F 
and pray for goats and gods who would know what to forbid 
     Bb                             Dm             Bb                       Dm 
and when you would reach out, well I’d run my big mean mouth and make it worse 
Gm                                      F 
And maybe I deserve that hurt, 
               Gm                  F 
destruction of my universe, 
     Gm            F                      Gm 
so if you’ve gotta beat somebody up don’t make it her. 


    Bb            Dm                            Bb            Dm 
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader anymore. 
    Bb            Dm                            Bb            Dm 
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader. 
       Bb            Dm 
Not a leader. 
       Bb      Dm 
Not a leader, friend. 

Bb  Dm 

Bb                                  Dm                   Bb                                 Dm 
No more attempts to make you see, I tried, he succeeded, oh well 
    Bb                             Dm                          Bb                               Dm 
but what I can say to a girl who’d play with a noose of excuses until 
    Bb                             Dm                                   Bb 
   Dm 
her big wicked grin disappears in the smoke, and crack goes the rope pulled true 
        Bb                                      Dm                        Bb 
  Dm 
I know enough about doubt, and hating myself, to tell that you now know it too 

    Bb                             Dm                          Bb                  Dm 
and I used to blame myself, then I blamed everybody else, including you 
Gm                    F 
but you were perfect as you were 
Gm                  F 
all angled out, a blinding blur 
Gm                  F                     Gm                    F 
so bright and beautiful, and clever, yeah for sure 
     Bb                             Dm                   Bb                       Dm 
But when you would reach out, well I’d run my big mean mouth and make a mess 
Gm                  F                          Gm 
And now it’s my turn to confess 
                 F                      Gm 
I wasn’t there, I didn’t guess 
                     F                       Gm                          F 
that you were slipping, ‘till you tripped right off the edge 

    Bb            Dm                            Bb            Dm 
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader anymore. 
    Bb            Dm                            Bb            Dm 
I’m sorry, I messed up, I’m not a leader. 
       Bb            Dm 
Not a leader. 
       Bb      Dm 
Not a leader…. (no more, I’m not a leader any more, no more!) 

Bb                             Dm 
    Said a thousands words but they never helped 
Gm                   F 
     I hid my scars from you out of sh Dme 
Bb                           Dm 
     Took up the cause, Yeah I took the helm 
Gm                            F 
     But I’m not the only one who’s changed 
Bb                         Dm 
     I knew you first, I knew you best 
Gm                        F 
     I wish I’d stopped it way back then 
Bb                                        Dm 
     when things were bad,       but they still made sense 
Gm                             F 
     when we were kids, when we were friends. 

Bb      Dm           Gm          F         Bb      Dm           Gm          F 
              Friendleaders                               Friendleaders…