Faking My Own Death

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[Verse 1]
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  I just wanna say that I’m 
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sorry in advance,
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  count on me like clockwork, it 
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won’t work.
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  The only promise I can make is 
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I’m changing all my plans
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and you’ll never see me again.
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[Verse 2]
D                      G      Bm
  I’m warning you it’s 
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over before it began,
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  we’re diving in headfirst, in 
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reverse.
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  You’re swimming through my wake
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 and I’m slipping through your hands
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and you’ll never see me again.

[Pre-Chorus]
Em               G
Typical, it’s so cyclical
      Em                         
I got one foot out the door but I 
       A
don’t fight it anymore.

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[Chorus]
G D/F#            Em          
  Don’t hold your breath, I’m 
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faking my own death,
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I’ll drop a burning match and burn
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 the bridge that takes me back.
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I’m putting it to rest, I’m faking
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 my own death,
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three years passes and I’m rising
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 from the ashes,
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I’m rising from the ashes.
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[Verse 3]
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  I’m stuck repeating history and
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 I just can’t help myself,
D                      G   
  it’s almost like I’m always 
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someone else.
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  There’s nothing you could say 
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to me in sickness or in health,
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I hate it just as well.

[Pre-Chorus]
Em               G
Typical, it’s so cyclical
      Em                         
I got one foot out the door but I 
       A
don’t fight it anymore.

[Chorus]
G D/F#            Em          
  Don’t hold your breath, I’m 
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faking my own death,
     D/F#           Em            
I’ll drop a burning match and burn
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 the bridge that takes me back.
    D/F#          Em        Em**  
I’m putting it to rest, I’m faking
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 my own death,
D/F#        Em             Em**  
three years passes and I’m rising
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 from the ashes,
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I’m rising from the ashes,   I’m
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 missing in     action,
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three years  passing.

[End-Chorus]
G D/F#            Em          
  Don’t hold your breath, I’m 
Em**   D/F#** G
faking my own death,
     D/F#           Em            
I’ll drop a burning match and burn
     Em**         D/F#**  G
 the bridge that takes me back.
    D/F#          Em        Em**  
I’m putting it to rest, I’m faking
 D/F#** G
 my own death,
D/F#        Em             Em**  
three years passes and I’m rising
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 from the ashes,
    Em**   D/F#**   G D    Em  
I’m rising from the ashes.
      Em**  D/F#**

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