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Better Than Drugs

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[Verse 1]
BmFeel your every heartbeat
AFeel you on these empty nights
GCalm the ache, stop the shakes
You Bmclear my mind
You're my escape
AFrom this messed up place
GBecause you let me forget
You numb my Bmpain
How can I tell Ayou just all that you are
BmWhat you do to mEme
[Chorus]
EmYou're better than druGgs
Your love is like wBmine
Feel you cDoming on so fast
Feel you coming to get me high
You're better than dGrugs
Addicted for liBmfe
Feel you coDming on so fast
Feel you coming on to get me high
[Verse 2]
BmFeel you when I'm restless
AFeel you when I cannot cope
GYou're my addiction, my prescription, my antidote
BmYou kill the poison
AEase the suffering
GCalm the rage when I'm afraid
To feel again
How can I teAll you just all that you are
BmWhat you do to meEm  
[Chorus]
You're better than dGrugs
Your love is like wiBmne
Feel you coDming on so fast
Feel you coming to get me high
You're better than drGugs
Addicted for liBmfe
Feel you coDming on so fast
Feel you coming on to get me high
[Bridge]
BmFeel your every heartbeat
DFeel you on these empty nights
GYou're the strength of my life
[Chorus]
YGou're better than drugs
Your love is like wiBmne
Feel you comDing on so fast
Feel you coming to get me high
You're better than druGgs
Addicted for lBmife
Feel you comDing on so fast
Feel you coming on to get me high
[Outro]
GFeel your every heartbeat
BmFeel you on these empty night
(Feel you coDming on so fast
Feel you coming on to get me high)
GFeel your every heartbeat
BmFeel you come to get me high
(Feel you coDming on so fast
Feel you comin' on to get me high)
BmTo get me high

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Better Than Drugs

by Skillet

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[Verse 1]

Feel your every heartbeat

Feel you on these empty nights

Calm the ache, stop the shakes

You clear my mind

You're my escape

From this messed up place

Because you let me forget

You numb my pain

How can I tell you just all that you are

Bm Em

What you do to me

[Chorus]

Em G

You're better than drugs

Your love is like wine

Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you coming to get me high

You're better than drugs

Addicted for life

Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you coming on to get me high

[Verse 2]

Feel you when I'm restless

Feel you when I cannot cope

You're my addiction, my prescription, my antidote

You kill the poison

Ease the suffering

Calm the rage when I'm afraid

To feel again

How can I tell you just all that you are

Bm Em

What you do to me

[Chorus]

You're better than drugs

Your love is like wine

Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you coming to get me high

You're better than drugs

Addicted for life

Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you coming on to get me high

[Bridge]

Feel your every heartbeat

Feel you on these empty nights

You're the strength of my life

[Chorus]

You're better than drugs

Your love is like wine

Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you coming to get me high

You're better than drugs

Addicted for life

Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you coming on to get me high

[Outro]

Feel your every heartbeat

Feel you on these empty night

(Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you coming on to get me high)

Feel your every heartbeat

Feel you come to get me high

(Feel you coming on so fast

Feel you comin' on to get me high)

To get me high

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