[Intro]
Em C D
Em C D

[Verse 1]
 G            Bm       Emadd9             Em
   I will not make the same mistakes that you did
     D G          Bm
   I~    will not let myself
   Emadd9                 Em     D
   Cause my heart so much misery
 G            Bm        Emadd9 
   I will not break the way you did,
       Em      D
   You fell so hard
G                   Bm
   I've learned the hard way
      Em                     D D D D
   To never let it get that far

[Chorus]
 D            Em
   Because of you
                C                 D
   I never stray too far from the sidewalk
              Em
   Because of you
                            C              D              B
   I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
              Am
   Because of you
                     G              D                  B
   I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone a-round me
              C
   Because of you
          D
   I am a-fraid

[Verse 2]
   G         Bm
   I lose my way
            Emadd9          Em       D        G
   And it's not too long be-fore you point it out
            Bm 
   I cannot cry
      Emadd9              Em       D       G
   Be-cause I know that's weakness in your eyes
                 Bm
   I'm forced to fake
     Emadd9         Em    D           G
   A smile, a laugh e-veryday of my life
                  Bm
   My heart can't possibly break
           Em                    D D D D
   When it wasn't even whole to start with

[Chorus]
D             Em
   Because of you
                C                 D
   I never stray too far from the sidewalk
              Em
   Because of you
                            C              D              B
   I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
              Am
   Because of you
                     G              D                  B
   I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone a-round me
              C
   Because of you
          D
   I am a-fraid

[Bridge]
                 Bm
   I watched you die
               Em                 D
   I heard you cry every night in your sleep
            Bm
   I was so young
                   Em                   D
   You should have known better than to lean on me
             Bm                Em
   You never thought of anyone else
                D
   You just saw your pain
             Bm                       Em
   And now I cry in the middle of the night
           D              D D D D
   For the same damn thing

[Outro]
D             Em
   Because of you
           C                      D
   I never stray too far from the sidewalk
              Em
   Because of you
                            C              D
   I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt           F#m
   Because of you
                    D              E
   I try my hardest just to forget everything
              F#m
   Because of you
                       D          E       C#
   I don't know how to let anyone else in
              Bm
   Because of you
                     A                 E     C#
   I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
              D
   Because of you
          E
   I am a-fraid

              F#m   D   E
   Because of you
              F#m   D   E
   Because of you