F# -  244322
G#m - 466444
E -   022100


[Intro]
G#m F#  x2


[Verse 1]
    G#m
His mother said stay away
Away from all the darkness
        F#            G#m
it will haunt you And everything
we've ever prayed Is the only
                     F#
thing that will ever save you


[Chorus 1]
            E                       B
But it all started with that little taste
                   E    B      F#
It helped keep him up later at night
           E          B         F#
helped the truth come back into sight
             E
And when she left him it dulled the
B                  E       B
pain He'd hide the marks under his
F#               E       B
socks the doctor said he was in
F#                   G#m G#m
shock from what he'd seen


[Verse 2]
    G#m
His mama said it's the last time
It's the last time we'll be here
   F#                      G#m
to save you Because you've fucked

this up again And those kids aren't
                          F#
your friends they use you up


[Verse 3]
              G#m
And now he's standing in the rain
                        F#
He should have probably hopped
             G#m
the train instead of drove
The sergeant has seen this thing
before Maybe some time behind
                            F#
locked doors will save this kid


[Chorus 2]
                E
No but it don't save him
             B
and who's to blame?
               E
The truth just keeps him
B     F#
up at night there was
      E      B       F#
never much inside he liked
           E
The guilty phantoms make him
  B                   E
insane He could clean up but
B         F#        E
why start now after all
B         F#            G#m  F#
who knows how to start again?


[Bridge]
              G#m
If they don't save him
         F#
who's to blame?
            G#m
If he don't save him
         F#
who's to blame?
            G#m
If we don't save him
         F#
who's to blame?


[Verse 4]
    G#m
His mother said stay away
Away from all the darkness
        F#            G#m
it will haunt you And everything
we've ever prayed Is the only
                     F#
thing that will ever save you


[Chorus 3]
            E                       B
But it all started with that little taste
                   E    B      F#
It helped keep him up later at night
           E          B         F#
helped the truth come back into sight
             E
And when she left him it dulled the
B                  E       B
pain He'd hide the marks under his
F#               E       B      F#
socks the doctor said he was in shock


[Chorus 4/Outro]
            E               B
If we don't save him who is to blame?
               E        B     F#
The truth just keeps us up at night
             E          B        F#
why can't he see what's there to like?
   E                         B
Do guilty phantoms make us insane?
               E          B      F#
If we clean it up there's no way out
          E          B
time will tell if he makes
   F#           G#m
it out of this alive