Citizen Soldier – Pretend My Pain Away (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Em*              C*
Tell my mother, tell my father

Em*                 C*            Em*
I'm so sorry I was never good enough

G*                         C*            Em*
In your eyes I know I'll always be a monster

 C*                    Em*          G*
Like who I am made me impossible to love
[Pre-Chorus]
Em                     C
When I just needed empathy

                      Em
You buried me in so much shame

           C
I won't apologize for who I am

Em                     G
No, not for one more day
[Chorus]
C                            G
I can't pretend my pain away

                             C
I can't outrun the pouring rain

       Em           C
In my head, in my head

               Em
It's like I'm hiding a hurricane

C                             G
I can't pretend my pain away

               C
Judge me for what I cannot change

          Em            C
When I'm dead, when I'm dead

              Em          G
You're gonna wish you believed
[Verse 2]
Em*                            C*
You make me feel like such a burden

 Em*                   C*                       Em*
Like my sickness is my fault, can't take this shame

G*                     C*                Em*
I wish that you could see my pain just like a cancer

  C                Em                 G
I'd be your hero, not a liar like you say
[Chorus]
C                            G
I can't pretend my pain away

                             C
I can't outrun the pouring rain

       Em           C
In my head, in my head

               Em
It's like I'm hiding a hurricane

C                             G
I can't pretend my pain away

               C
Judge me for what I cannot change

          Em            C
When I'm dead, when I'm dead

              Em          G
You're gonna wish you believed
[Bridge]
Em                    C
When I needed to be loved

              Em             C
You were the jury and the judge

     Em
Refused to understand

   C
It messed me up so bad

Em                               C
The more you tried the less you helped

          Em           C
It only made me hate myself

         Em                C
I can't stand one second more

         Em            G
In the home you never were
[Chorus]
N.C.                        G
I can't pretend my pain away

                            C
I can't outrun the pouring rain

       Em           C
In my head, in my head

               Em
It's like I'm hiding a hurricane

C                           G
I can't pretend my pain away

               C
Judge me for what I cannot change

          Em           C
I'm not dead, no not yet

      Em               G
I'm begging you to believe me