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Step 1 / 6Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Because of You
Capo 1
e|---3-------3-------2-------3-------2-------3---|
B|---3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
G|---0-------0-------4-------0-------2-------2---|
D|---2-------0-------4-------2-------0-------0---|
A|---3-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0---|
E|---0-------3-------2-------0-------0-------2---|
Cadd9 G Bm Em D D/F#
[Intro]
Em   Cadd9   Dx2
[Verse 1]
GI will not D/F#make the Emsame mistakes that you didD/F#,
GI will not D/F#let myself Emcause my heart so much miseryD/F#.
GI will not D/F#break the Emway you did, you fell so D/F#hard,
GI've learned the D/F#hard way to Emnever let it get that Dfar...
[Chorus]
Because of Emyou I never strCadd9ay too far from the sDidewalk,
Because of Emyou I learned to play on the Cadd9safe side so I doDn't get B7hurt,
Because of Cadd9you I find it hard to tGrust not only mDe, but everyone B7around me,
Because of Cadd9you, I am afDraid...
[Verse 2]
GI lose my D/F#way, and it's Emnot too long before you D/F#point it ouGt,
I cannot D/F#cry, beEmcause I know that's weakness D/F#in your eyGes;
I'm forced to D/F#fake, a sEmmile, a laugh, every D/F#day of my Glife.
My heart can't D/F#possibly break, when it Emwasn't even whole to sDtart with...
[Chorus]
Because Emof you I never Cadd9stray too far from the Dsidewalk,
because of Emyou I learned to play on the Cadd9safe side so I Ddon't get hurt,
because of Cadd9you I find it hard to tGrust not only me, Dbut everyone B7around me,
Because of Cadd9you, I am afDraid...
[Bridge]
I watched you Bmdie, I heard you Emcry every night in yDour sleep...
I was so Bmyoung, you should have kEmnown better than to Dlean on me.
You never tBmhought of anyone eEmlse, you just saw yDour pain,
and now I Bmcry in the middle of the Emnight, for the Dsame damn thing...
**EITHER A CAPELLA OR ONE STRUM PER CHORD**
Because Emof you I never Cadd9stray too far from the Dsidewalk,
because of Emyou I learned to play on the Cadd9safe side so I Ddon't get hurt
[Chorus]
Because of F#myou I try my hardest Dadd9just to forget evEerything,
becasue of F#myou I don't know how to lDadd9et anyone elEse in.
Because of Dadd9you I'm ashamed of my lAife because it's EemptyC#7  
because of Dadd9you, I am, afEraid...
*Strum once per chord*
Because of F#myou....Dadd9  E  
...because of F#myou....Dadd9..E  
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