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Sometimes
Skillet
[Intro] (Play tabs in successive order.)
G5   Eb5   Bm
|7-7-7-7-7-7|
|7-7-7-7-7-7|
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|-----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|
|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|
|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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|11-11--------------------11-11--------------12-12|
|------11-11--12-12--9-9--------11-11--12-12------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|  (2x)
[Verse]
BmSometimes when I lie
GI know you're onto me
BmSometimes I don't mind
GHow hateful Athat I can Bmbe
BmSometimes I don't try
GTo make you happy
I Ddon't know why I Ado the Gthings I do to Ayou but...
[Chorus]
GSometimes I don't Emwanna be Bmbetter
GSometimes I can't be Emput back toBmgether
GSometimes I find it Emhard to beBmlieve
There's someone Gelse who could Bmbe
GJust as Amessed up as Bmme
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|-------------------------------|
|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|
|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|
|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|11-11--------------------11-11--------------12-12|
|------11-11--12-12--9-9--------11-11--12-12------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
BmSometimes don't deny
GThat everything is wrong
BmSometimes rather die
GThan to adAmit it's my Bmfault
BmSometimes when you cry
GI just don't care at all
I Ddon't know why I Ado the Gthings I do to Ayou but...
[Chorus]
GSometimes I don't Emwanna be Bmbetter
GSometimes I can't be Emput back toBmgether
GSometimes I find it Emhard to beBmlieve
There's someone Gelse who could Bmbe
GJust as Amessed up as Bmme
[Solo]
[Bridge]
BmI want someone to Ghurt
BmLike the way I Ghurt
BmIt's sick but it Amakes me feel Gbetter
[Verse]
BmSometimes I can't hide
GThe demons that I face
BmSometimes don't deny
GI'm sometimes Asinner EmsomeGtimes F#msaint
[Chorus]
GSometimes I don't Emwanna be Bmbetter (Everything is wrong forever)
GSometimes I can't be Emput back toBmgether (Sometimes it's gone forever)
GSometimes I find it Emhard to beBmlieve
GThere's someone Emelse who could Bmbe
GJust as Amessed up as Bmme
[Outro] 
GJust as Amessed up aBms me

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Sometimes

by Skillet

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Eb5

F#m

Sometimes

Skillet

[Intro] (Play tabs in successive order.)

G5 Eb5 Bm

|7-7-7-7-7-7|

|-----------|

|-------------------------------|

|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|11-11--------------------11-11--------------12-12|

|------11-11--12-12--9-9--------11-11--12-12------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------| (2x)

[Verse]

Sometimes when I lie

I know you're onto me

Sometimes I don't mind

G A Bm

How hateful that I can be

Sometimes I don't try

To make you happy

D A G A

I don't know why I do the things I do to you but...

[Chorus]

G Em Bm

Sometimes I don't wanna be better

G Em Bm

Sometimes I can't be put back together

G Em Bm

Sometimes I find it hard to believe

G Bm

There's someone else who could be

G A Bm

Just as messed up as me

|-------------------------------|

|7-7-7---17---7-7---19---12---14|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|11-11--------------------11-11--------------12-12|

|------11-11--12-12--9-9--------11-11--12-12------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]

Sometimes don't deny

That everything is wrong

Sometimes rather die

G A Bm

Than to admit it's my fault

Sometimes when you cry

I just don't care at all

D A G A

I don't know why I do the things I do to you but...

[Chorus]

G Em Bm

Sometimes I don't wanna be better

G Em Bm

Sometimes I can't be put back together

G Em Bm

Sometimes I find it hard to believe

G Bm

There's someone else who could be

G A Bm

Just as messed up as me

[Solo]

[Bridge]

Bm G

I want someone to hurt

Bm G

Like the way I hurt

Bm A G

It's sick but it makes me feel better

[Verse]

Sometimes I can't hide

The demons that I face

Sometimes don't deny

G A Em G F#m

I'm sometimes sinner sometimes saint

[Chorus]

G Em Bm

Sometimes I don't wanna be better (Everything is wrong forever)

G Em Bm

Sometimes I can't be put back together (Sometimes it's gone forever)

G Em Bm

Sometimes I find it hard to believe

G Em Bm

There's someone else who could be

G A Bm

Just as messed up as me

[Outro]

G A Bm

Just as messed up as me

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