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capo @ 1
[Verse 1]
GmEven when you thought you Fhad me beat,
I Dmstill found the strength hidden D#deep within me.
And I Gmcan’t, can’t ever Flose my voicBbe,
I Dmlearned how to block, block oD#ut all of the noise.
[Pre-Chorus]
FAnd I found my place in Gmthe empty spaces where Fmy demons lGmay.
D#No I don’t Fbelieve that Gmwe as humans were meant Fto be afraiBbd!F  
[Chorus]
GmI wear these D#scars!
I own my mistakes, you made me this way.
FI Gmwear these D#scars!
I know my mistakes, you can’t take that away.
FI Gmwear these D#scars! FI Gmwear these D#scars!
You can’t take that awFay, Bbaway!D#  
[Verse 2]
BbIt’s so strange Fthat I ended up here,
And I D#never thought I’d make it through Bbthese years.
[Pre-Chorus]
D#And I found Fmy place in the D#empty spaces where my demons lay.
No FI don’t believe Bbthat we as humans D#were meant to be Gmenslaved!D#  
[Chorus]
GmI wear these D#scars!
I own my mistakes, you made me this way.
FI Gmwear these D#scars!
I know my mistakes, you can’t take that away.
FI Gmwear these D#scars! FI Gmwear these D#scars!
You can’t take that awGmay, F#away!Gm  F  Cm  
[Bridge]
GmMost of these scars will D#fade away,
But Gmnothing hides the Bmfact that D#you were F#my misGmtake,G#m  
DMy misGmtake!D#  D  
[Chorus]
FI D#wear these scars!
I own my mistakes, you made me this way.
FI Gmwear these D#scars!
I know my mistakes, you can’t take that away.
FI Gmwear these D#scars! FI wear these D#scars!
You can’t take that FawaGmy!
[Outro]
FI don’t D#believe that we’re defined by our mistakes Gm(I Fwear these D#scars!),
D#And I can see that you think you’ve had all you can take (GmI wear these scars!).
GmI won’t D#believe that we’re defined by our mistakes Gm(I Fwear these D#scars!),
D#I hope you see that, you’re better off this wayGm!
Bb Bm

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Made This Way

by The Word Alive

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G#m

capo @ 1

[Verse 1]

Gm F

Even when you thought you had me beat,

Dm D#

I still found the strength hidden deep within me.

Gm F Bb

And I can’t, can’t ever lose my voice,

Dm D#

I learned how to block, block out all of the noise.

[Pre-Chorus]

F Gm F Gm

And I found my place in the empty spaces where my demons lay.

D# F Gm F Bb F

No I don’t believe that we as humans were meant to be afraid!

[Chorus]

Gm D#

I wear these scars!

I own my mistakes, you made me this way.

F Gm D#

I wear these scars!

I know my mistakes, you can’t take that away.

F Gm D# F Gm D#

I wear these scars! I wear these scars!

F Bb D#

You can’t take that away, away!

[Verse 2]

Bb F

It’s so strange that I ended up here,

D# Bb

And I never thought I’d make it through these years.

[Pre-Chorus]

D# F D#

And I found my place in the empty spaces where my demons lay.

F Bb D# Gm D#

No I don’t believe that we as humans were meant to be enslaved!

[Chorus]

Gm D#

I wear these scars!

I own my mistakes, you made me this way.

F Gm D#

I wear these scars!

I know my mistakes, you can’t take that away.

F Gm D# F Gm D#

I wear these scars! I wear these scars!

Gm F# Gm F Cm

You can’t take that away, away!

[Bridge]

Gm D#

Most of these scars will fade away,

Gm Bm D# F# Gm G#m

But nothing hides the fact that you were my mistake,

D Gm D# D

My mistake!

[Chorus]

F D#

I wear these scars!

I own my mistakes, you made me this way.

F Gm D#

I wear these scars!

I know my mistakes, you can’t take that away.

F Gm D# F D#

I wear these scars! I wear these scars!

F Gm

You can’t take that away!

[Outro]

F D# Gm F D#

I don’t believe that we’re defined by our mistakes (I wear these scars!),

D# Gm

And I can see that you think you’ve had all you can take (I wear these scars!).

Gm D# Gm F D#

I won’t believe that we’re defined by our mistakes (I wear these scars!),

D# Gm

I hope you see that, you’re better off this way!

Bb Bm

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