| G | Bm | Em | D | |
| I will not mak | e the same mi | stakes that you did |
| G | Bm | |
| I will not le | t myself |
| Em | D | |
| Cause my heart so much misery |
| G | Bm | Em | |
| I will not | break the | way you did, |
| C | |
| You fell s | o hard |
| G | D | |
| I've learned the hard w | ay |
| C | D | |
| To never | let it get that far |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I never str | ay too far from the sidewalk |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I learned to play on the safe side s | o I don't get hurt |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | Em | |
| I find it hard to | trust not only m | e, but everyone around me |
| G | |
| Because of you |
| D | |
| I am afra | id |
| G | Bm | |
| I lose my way |
| Em | D | G | |
| And it's not | too long before y | ou point it out |
| Bm | |
| I cannot cry |
| Em | D | G | |
| Because you know that's weakness i | n your eyes |
| Bm | |
| I'm forced to fake |
| Em | D | G | |
| A sm | ile, a laugh everyda | y of my life |
| D | |
| My heart can't possibly | break |
| C | D | |
| When it wasn't | even whole to start with |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I never str | ay too far from the sidewalk |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I learned to play on the safe side s | o I don't get hurt |
| G | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | Em | |
| I find it hard to t | rust not only | me, but everyone around me |
| G | |
| Because of you |
| D | |
| I am afra | id |
| G | |
| I watched you die |
| D | A | |
| I heard you c | ry every night in your sleep |
| G | |
| I was so young |
| Em | A | |
| You should have known | better than to lean on me |
| G | D | |
| You never though | t of anyone else |
| A | |
| You just saw | your pain |
| G | C | |
| And now I c | ry in the middle of the night |
| Bb | B | C# | |
| For the | same da | mn thin | g |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I never stray | too far from the sidewalk |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I learned to play on the safe si | de so I don't get hurt |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I try my hardest just | to forget everyt | hing |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I don't know h | ow to let anyone else in |
| Em | |
| Because of you |
| C | D | |
| I'm ashamed of my life becau | se it's empty |
| Em | Em | |
| Because of you |
| D | |
| I am afr | aid |
| G | |
| Because of you |
| Em | D | |
| Ooh, | oohhh, ohhh |
| G | |
| Because of you |
| Em | D | |
| Ooh, | oohhh, ohhh |
| G | |
| ooh |