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figured out the chords, its super close if not complete
D standard tuning
 G320033
 Em022033
 C032033
 Am002233
GUnwanted but breathing
In the next room sleeping
EmMy mother shes crying
And my fathers been drinking
GIn our rundown apartment
Where the roof is still leaking
EmHes cursing and cussing
Its just the whiskey talking
CAnd Ive got lots of memories like Emthis one
COf empty days and nights spent tired and Glonesome
AmWhen I think back to all of it
CIts all too much
Oh its all too much when youre just a little kid
G Em
GMy little brother just a newborn baby
EmIn the image of my mother says hes a blessing
GBut not to my father oh how he hates him
EmAn undeserving mistake He calls him a burden
CAnd Ive got lots of memories like Emthis one
COf picking sides and picking fights betGween them
AmWhen I think back to all of it
CWell its all too much
Well its all too much when youre just a little kid
CAnd when I Gwake up in the Cmorning it all Gfeels like a bad dream
COne that Gfollows you and Chaunts you endleGssly
CYeah haunts me endlessly
Well broken and beaten from the abuse and the cheating
EmThe addiction and the lying and the promise of leaving
GWhile my old man was a bastard I admired and loved him
EmAnd us two kids we were born in to a family not a fortune no
G Em
G Em
G Em
G Em
 end on G  

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But Breathing

by Defeater

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figured out the chords, its super close if not complete

D standard tuning

320033

022033

032033

002233

Unwanted but breathing

In the next room sleeping

My mother shes crying

And my fathers been drinking

In our rundown apartment

Where the roof is still leaking

Hes cursing and cussing

Its just the whiskey talking

C Em

And Ive got lots of memories like this one

C G

Of empty days and nights spent tired and lonesome

When I think back to all of it

Its all too much

Oh its all too much when youre just a little kid

G Em

My little brother just a newborn baby

In the image of my mother says hes a blessing

But not to my father oh how he hates him

An undeserving mistake He calls him a burden

C Em

And Ive got lots of memories like this one

C G

Of picking sides and picking fights between them

When I think back to all of it

Well its all too much

Well its all too much when youre just a little kid

C G C G

And when I wake up in the morning it all feels like a bad dream

C G C G

One that follows you and haunts you endlessly

Yeah haunts me endlessly

Well broken and beaten from the abuse and the cheating

The addiction and the lying and the promise of leaving

While my old man was a bastard I admired and loved him

And us two kids we were born in to a family not a fortune no

G Em

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