Relient K – Be My Escape (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] Em Am x3, C D [Verse 1]
        G              D
        I've given up, I'm giving up slowly,

        C
        I'm blending in so you won't even know me 

        Em           D                     Am    Em   C
        apart from this whole world that shares my fate

        G               D               C
        This one last bullet you mention is my one last shot at redemption

        Em                 D                      Am  Em  C
        because I know to live you must give your life away
[Pre-Chorus]
                        Em               C        G       D
        And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity

                   Em                  C             G                 D
        I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key

                       Em           C                 G               D
        And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me

                    Am                                      C
        And even though, there's no way in knowing where to go, 

                      D
        promise I'm going because
[Chorus]
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 

              G                D               C          D
        I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake

       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 

                 Em                D
        And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, 

               C           D        G
        I'm begging You to be my escape.
[Verse 2]
        G                  D
        I'm giving up on doing this alone now

        C
        Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how

        Em                D                Am  Em    C
        He's told me the way and I'm trying to get there

        G                D
        And this life sentence that I'm serving

        C
        I admit that I'm every bit deserving 

        Em                  D                    Am   Em   C
        But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair
[Pre-Chorus]
                        Em               C        G       D
        And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity

                   Em                  C             G                 D
        I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key

                       Em           C                 G               D
        And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me

                    Am                                      C
        And even though, there's no way in knowing where to go, 

                      D
        promise I'm going because
[Chorus]
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 

               G                  D          C                 D
        I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake

       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 

                 Em                 D
        And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, 

               C           D        Em
        I'm begging You to be my escape.
[Bridge]
        Em        D   C             D
        I am a hostage to my own humanity

        Em       D                  C           D
        Self detained and forced to live in this mess I've made

        Em            D                  C         D
        And all I'm asking is for You to do what You can with me

      Am                      C                    D
        But I can't ask You to give what You already gave
[Pre-Chorus] (played single strumming)
                        Em               C        G       D
        And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity

                   Em                  C             G                 D
        I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key

                       Em           C                 G               D
        And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me

                    Am                                      C
        And even though, there's no way in knowing where to go,

                      D
        promise I'm going because
[Chorus]
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 

              G                D               C          D
        I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake

       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 

                 Em                D
        And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, 

               C           D        Em
        I'm begging You to be my escape.
[Outro] (optional, but worth it) Em D C Em D C
       Em           F         C
        I fought you for so long, I should have let you win

       Em           D                   C
        Oh how we regret those things we do

       Em         F        C                         Em
        And all I was trying to do was save my own skin

           D                C
        Oh-o, but so were you

         D     C      G
        So    were    you