Misc Musicals – We Are The Tigers - Before The Breakdown (Guitar)

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[CHESS]
Db
You don't know who you are
Until you hate yourself
Db
Until you've crashed and burned
And lost your fight
Ab
And everybody says they know better, better
And everybody says they know better
          Db
And maybe they're right
[CHESS, FARRAH]
Db
You turn to poison pills so you can numb yourself

Db
The refill never comes too soon

Ab
And everyone will tell you: you're better, better
They beg and cry and swear that you're better
      Bbm Ab Gb Ab
Than you

      Bbm Ab Gb Ab
Than you

Bbm
I've climbed a million mountains

Ab
But I can't reach the top

Gb                      Ab
I swear to god that any moment I can stop

   Bbm                     Ab
So it's just a single vice to help me stay awake

Gb                                Ab
I don't know how much more I can take

           Gb
Before the breakdown

         Ab
Before I lose my mind forever

Bbm
I can't cry forever

Ab
I won't cry

           Gb
Before the breakdown

               Ab
Before there's nothing left but crazy

Bbm                    Ab
Someone try to save me
Try [FARRAH] Try
Bbm
It's just a single vice

Ab
To get me through the day

Gb                          Ab
I swear to god that I could throw it all away so!
[CHESS, FARRAH]
Bbm
I'll pour the bottle out

Ab
And be myself again
[FARRAH]
Gb                            Ab
That hopeless loser girl that no one understands
[CHESS, FARRAH] No one understands No one under- [CHESS, FARRAH, REESE, RILEY, CAIRO, KATE, ANNLEIGH] No one understands
           Gb
Before the breakdown

         Ab
Before I spiral slowly, screaming

Bbm
Wake me up
I'm dreaming
Ab
Get me through the night

           Gb
Before the breakdown

         Ab
Before I can't breathe
Shrieking Choking
Bbm
Tell me it's a joke and

Ab
This can't be my life

Gb
  And everyone will tell you: you're better, better

Ab
  They beg and plead and scream that you're better, better

Bbm                        Db             Ab
  But you could never ever be better than you
[KATE]
                 Gb
Cause you're the score you got on SATs
[REESE]
  Ab
A number on a scale
[CAIRO]
        Bbm
You are birth control
[FARRAH] And alcohol [ANNLEIGH]
    Ab
And every test you failed
[RILEY]
        Gb
You are all the teams you never made
[REESE]
    Ab
And all the games you never played
[CHESS, FARRAH, REESE, RILEY]
Bbm
Parents you mistreated
[CHESS, FARRAH, REESE, RILEY, CAIRO, KATE, ANNLEIGH]
          Ab
And every time you were defeated

          Gb
And every breakdown

      Ab
Every person who forgets you

Bbm
Every friend that left you

Ab
Nowhere else to go

           Gb
Before the breakdown

            Ab
If you keep running, you'll escape it

Bbm
One day you might make it

Ab
Far away from home

    Gb
And every broken bone and scar

Ab
Won't define just who you are

Bbm                 Db               Ab
Someday you'll grow up just like you should

                 Gb Ab      Bbm        Ab
Before the breakdown breaks you for good
[CHESS]
           Gb        Ab
Before the breakdown

               Bbm
Breaks you for good