Be My Escape Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

G I've given up on A7sus4giving up slowly

Cadd9 I'm blending in so you won't even know me

Em7 Apart from this Dsus4whole world that shaA7sus4res my faG/Bte Cadd9

G This one last A7sus4bullet you mention

Cadd9 Is this my one last shot at redemption

Em7 Coz I know to lDsus4ive you must give your liA7sus4fe away G/B Cadd9

Pre-chorus

And I've been Em7housing all this Cadd9doubt and inseGcurity Dsus4

And I've been Em7locked inside that Cadd9house all the while Gyou hold the key Dsus4

And I've been Em7dying to get oCadd9ut and that might be thGe death of me Dsus4

And even thA7sus4ough there's no way of knowing where to go Cadd9

I promise I'm gDsus4oing because...

Chorus

G IDsus4 gotta get outCadd9 of here Dsus4

I'm stGuck inside this rDsus4ut that I fell inCadd9to by mistake Dsus4

G IDsus4 gotta get out Cadd9of here Dsus4

And I'm Em7begging you, I'm Dsus4begging you, I'm beggA7sus4ing you to be Dsus4my escape

Verse 2

G I've given up on A7sus4doing this alone now

Cadd9 Cause I failed and I'm ready to be shown how

Em7 You've told me the Dsus4way, and I'm trying to A7sus4get therG/Be Cadd9

G And this life seA7sus4ntence that I'm serving

Cadd9 I admit that I'm every bit deserving

Em7 But the beauty of graceDsus4 is that it makes life A7sus4not fair G/B Cadd9

Pre-chorus

And I've been Em7housing all this Cadd9doubt and inseGcurity Dsus4

And I've been Em7locked inside that Cadd9house all the while Gyou hold the key Dsus4

And I've been Em7dying to get oCadd9ut and that might be thGe death of me Dsus4

And even thA7sus4ough there's no way of knowing where to go Cadd9

I promise I'm gDsus4oing because...

Chorus

G IDsus4 gotta get out Cadd9of here Dsus4

Coz I'm Gafraid that this complDsus4acency is sometCadd9hing I can't shake, yeDsus4ah

G IDsus4 gotta get outCadd9 of here Dsus4

And I'm Em7begging you, I'm Dsus4begging you, I'm beggCadd9ing you to be my esDsus4cape

Bridge

And the chords:

Em7 I am a hostage Cadd9to my own humanity

G Self-detained and forced to lA7sus4ive in this mess I've made

Em7 And all I'm asking is for yCadd9ou to do what you can with me

G But I can't ask you to giveA7sus4 what you already gave

Pre-chorus

And I've been Em7housing all this Cadd9doubt and inseGcurity Dsus4

And I've been Em7locked inside that Cadd9house all the while Gyou hold the key Dsus4

And I've been Em7dying to get oCadd9ut and that might be thGe death of me Dsus4

And even thA7sus4ough there's no way of knowing where to go Cadd9

I promise I'm gDsus4oing because...

Chorus

G IDsus4 gotta get outCadd9 of here Dsus4

I'm stGuck inside this rDsus4ut that I fell inCadd9to by mistake Dsus4

G IDsus4 gotta get out Cadd9of here Dsus4

And I'm Em7begging you, I'm Dsus4begging you, I'm beggA7sus4ing you to be Dsus4my escape

Outro

The outro is optional coz its played by piano,

but I'll tab the chords out anyway:

Em7 Dsus Cadd9 only once for the acoustic version, but they do this

twice for the original version

G I fought yoA7sus4u for so long,Cadd9 I should have let you win

Em7Oh how we regrDsus4et those things we do Cadd9

G And all IA7sus4 was trying toCadd9 do was save my own skin Em7

Oh-Dsus4o, but so were you Cadd9

Dsus4 Em7 G

lol

END