tuning : down 1/2 step

D A
she spent the night out with a guy who gives attention when she cries
Bm A
herself to sleep , i heard her say . . .
D A Bm
and so she gives him what he wants as long as he can make her feel ok , but
A
she’s not ok

G D
and we avoid the topics , we make the kids have secrets
Bm A
when they are exposed and everyone else knows
G D
we’ll say we never knew it , that they had a problem
Bm D
’cause if we would have known , we surely would have solved it
Bm D A Bm D A
but we can’t , it’s too late , i said we can’t it’s too late

D A
he’s skipping classes ’cause he hates them , hopes he passes , not to take
Bm A
them all again , i heard him say . . .
D A
he escapes them with the pills , the ones he takes to make him feel like he’s
Bm A
ok , but he’s not ok

G D
and we avoid the topics , we make the kids have secrets
Bm A
when they are exposed and everyone else knows
G D
we’ll say we never knew it , that they had a problem
Bm D
’cause if we would have known , we surely would have solved it
Bm D A Bm D A
but we can’t , it’s too late , i said we can’t it’s too late

Em D Bm A
god you’ve gotta save us , we hide behind the faces that we make to disguise
Em D Bm
the things that were ashamed of and all the ugly things that make us close
A
our eyes
D Bm A D Bm A
they make us close our eyes , why do we close our eyes?

G D
and we avoid the topics , we make the kids have secrets
Bm A
when they are exposed and everyone else knows
G D
we’ll say we never knew it , that they had a problem
Bm D
’cause if we would have known , we surely would have solved it
Bm D A Bm D A
but we can’t , it’s too late , i said we can’t it’s too late