Nikkie Jurnigan - Because Of You(Chords)

	        

Intro: E D F Gm Em B7 D7 Am  

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

 
 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 
              Em 
   Because of you 
                     C              D 
   I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone a-round me 
              Em 
   Because of you 
          D 
   I am a-fraid 


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

 
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 
              Em 
   Because of you 
                     C              D 
   I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me 
              Em 
   Because of you 
          D 
   I am a-fraid 


Bridge:
 
                 Em 
   I watched you die 
               C                  D 
   I heard you cry every night in your sleep 
            Em 
   I was so young 
                   C                    D 
   You should have known better than to lean on me 
             Em                C 
   You never thought of anyone else 
                D 
   You just saw your pain 
             Em                       C 
   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 
  *            Fm 
   Because of you 
                    Db             Eb 
   I try my hardest just to forget everything 
              Fm 
   Because of you 
                       Db         Eb 
   I don't know how to let anyone else in 
              Fm 
   Because of you 
                     Db                Eb 
   I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty 
              Fm 
   Because of you 
          Eb 
   I am a-fraid 

              Ab    Fm 
   Because of you 
Eb            Ab    Fm     Eb 
   Because of you d f#