Uploaded March 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This tutorial goes with my cover of the song, seen here youtube.com/watch?v=WUAwzfYc9xw&list=PLfMZMmVaT-Bp-o3qqLF8AkjjAQIbKaZ2h&index=2. For everyone who commented wanting to learn how to play my version of this song, here is a quick tutorial. Email me at hobson.erin@gmail.com for information on guitar, ukulele, and bass lessons locally in the Hudson Valley region of New York or via Skype if you live long distance.
Chords used: F# B D#m C# (If you don't know how to play these chords already, it's easy to google the chord charts)
[Intro] (Chorus Melody)
F# D#m B C# (2x)
Verse 1 (Verse Melody)
F# C# D#m B
I want to drive away
F# C# D#m B
In the night, headlights call my name
B /// D#m ///
I, I'll never be, be what you see inside
F# /// B ///
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
B /// D#m ///
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
F# /// B ///
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far
Chorus 1 (Melody)
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
D#m
And I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
Instrumental (Reggae Feel)
F# D#m B C# (x2)
Play on the +'s of the eight notes
Breakdown (Finger picked)
B
I'm so afraid
D#m
Of what you have to say
F#
Cause I am quiet now
B
And silence gives you space
Verse Melody x1
B /// D#m ///
I, I'll never be, be what you see inside
F# /// B ///
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
B /// D#m ///
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
F# /// B ///
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far
Chorus 2 (Melody)
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
D#m
And I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
Bridge (For this section I play the following progression...D#m C# F# B in a Reggae feel, accenting the offbeats of the eight notes)
B
It's the same game today as it always is It's easier to just use
F#
I don't give these places fake my name explaining this
B
And the wrists of my mind have the bleeding lines
X
That remind me of all the times...
B
I have committed
D#m
Dirty dirty crimes that are perfectly form-fitted
F#
To what I've done and what I'm doing
I'm brewing and losing and spewing infusing
B X
And believe me that's what all the kids are doing
B
What kids are doing are killing themselves
D#m
They feel they have no control of their prisoner's cell
F# B
And if you're one of them then you're one of me
X
And you would do almost anything just to feel free...
B
Am I right? Of course I am
D#m
Convince me otherwise would take all night
F#
Before you walk away, there's one more thing I want to say
B
Our brains are sick but that's okay
F# D#m B C# (finger pick as a breakdown)
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
F# D#m B C# (x2)
Final Chorus (Reggae Feel, accenting the offbeats of the eight notes)
(F#)
All I wanna
D#m
Yeah, and I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
D#m
Yeah, and I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
Breakdown (finger pick)
B
I'm so afraid
D#m
Of what you have to say
F#
Cause I am quiet now
B (F#)
And silence gives you space
This tutorial goes with my cover of the song, seen here youtube.com/watch?v=WUAwzfYc9xw&list=PLfMZMmVaT-Bp-o3qqLF8AkjjAQIbKaZ2h&index=2. For everyone who commented wanting to learn how to play my version of this song, here is a quick tutorial. Email me at hobson.erin@gmail.com for information on guitar, ukulele, and bass lessons locally in the Hudson Valley region of New York or via Skype if you live long distance.
Chords used: F# B D#m C# (If you don't know how to play these chords already, it's easy to google the chord charts)
[Intro] (Chorus Melody)
F# D#m B C# (2x)
Verse 1 (Verse Melody)
F# C# D#m B
I want to drive away
F# C# D#m B
In the night, headlights call my name
B /// D#m ///
I, I'll never be, be what you see inside
F# /// B ///
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
B /// D#m ///
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
F# /// B ///
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far
Chorus 1 (Melody)
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
D#m
And I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
Instrumental (Reggae Feel)
F# D#m B C# (x2)
Play on the +'s of the eight notes
Breakdown (Finger picked)
B
I'm so afraid
D#m
Of what you have to say
F#
Cause I am quiet now
B
And silence gives you space
Verse Melody x1
B /// D#m ///
I, I'll never be, be what you see inside
F# /// B ///
You say I'm not alone, but I am petrified
B /// D#m ///
You say that you are close, is close the closest star?
F# /// B ///
You just feel twice as far, you just feel twice as far
Chorus 2 (Melody)
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
D#m
And I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
Bridge (For this section I play the following progression...D#m C# F# B in a Reggae feel, accenting the offbeats of the eight notes)
B
It's the same game today as it always is It's easier to just use
F#
I don't give these places fake my name explaining this
B
And the wrists of my mind have the bleeding lines
X
That remind me of all the times...
B
I have committed
D#m
Dirty dirty crimes that are perfectly form-fitted
F#
To what I've done and what I'm doing
I'm brewing and losing and spewing infusing
B X
And believe me that's what all the kids are doing
B
What kids are doing are killing themselves
D#m
They feel they have no control of their prisoner's cell
F# B
And if you're one of them then you're one of me
X
And you would do almost anything just to feel free...
B
Am I right? Of course I am
D#m
Convince me otherwise would take all night
F#
Before you walk away, there's one more thing I want to say
B
Our brains are sick but that's okay
F# D#m B C# (finger pick as a breakdown)
(F#) D#m
And I'll fall
B
And I'll break
C#
And I'll fake
F#
All I wanna
F# D#m B C# (x2)
Final Chorus (Reggae Feel, accenting the offbeats of the eight notes)
(F#)
All I wanna
D#m
Yeah, and I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
D#m
Yeah, and I'll fall down
B
And I'll break down
C#
And I'll fake you out
F#
All I wanna
Breakdown (finger pick)
B
I'm so afraid
D#m
Of what you have to say
F#
Cause I am quiet now
B (F#)
And silence gives you space
