Key: E
Introduction:
Em7 D C9
Em7 D C9
How does it feel on your half of the world
Em7 D G
If you'd ask they'd say nothing's changed on mine
C9
Just because I tell a joke or two
G
and believe I've got the whole world fooled
Em7 D C9
Done a damn good job to hide the hurt behind the lies.
C9 G D C9 G D
I didn't even tell my mama, or even my best friend.
C9 G D C9
How you walked out and took my pride.
Em7 D C9
I've been livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside
Em7 D G
I've been livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside.
Em7 D C9
Em7 D C9
I won't pass up a single Friday night,
Em7 D G
and I wear this smile and pray that they don't ask
Pre-chorus
C9
Why they never seem to see
G
what was once the other half of me.
Em7 D C9
I just hold my breath and hide behind this mask.
C9 G D C9 G D
I didn't even tell my mama, or even my best friend.
C9 G D C9
How you walked out and Lord I've tried.
Em7 D C9
I've been livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside
Em7 D G
I've been livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside.
C9 Em7
Walls if I just tear down these walls
C9
and admit it was over,
Am D
maybe it would be over.
C9 G D C9 G D
Then I could tell my mama, even my best friend.
C9 G D C9
How you walked out and took my pride.
Em7 D C9
I've been livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside
Em7 D G
I've been livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside.
Em7 D C9
I've been livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside
Em7 D G
I'm through livin' on the outside, dyin' on the inside.
Em7 D C9
Em7 D G
Em7 D C9
Em7 D G
Em7 D C9
Em7 D G