Before I Forget

[Intro]
C#5
E5
  Go!
C#5 E5 C#5 E5

[Verse 1]
C#5
Stapled shut,
inside an outside world and I'm
Sealed in tight,
            E5
bizarre but right at home
C#5
Claustrophobic, closing in and I'm
              E5
Catastrophic, not again
    C#5
I'm smeared across the page,
and doused in gasoline
I wear you like a stain,
            E5             C#5
yet I'm the one who's obscene
Catch me upon all your sordid little insurrections,
I've got no time to lose,
                       E5
and I'm just caught up in all the cattle

[Pre-Chorus]
C#5
   Fray the strings
Throw the shapes
Hold your breath
And listen!

[Chorus]
C#5       E5    B5     E5
   I am a world before I am a man
C#5      E5  B5     E5   B5
I  was a creature before I could stand
C#5       E5 B5    E5         F#5
I  will remember before I forget 
A5     E5
Before I forget that!
I am a world before I am a man
I was a creature before I could stand
I will remember before I forget
Before I forget that!

[Verse 2]
C#5 E5    C#5
      I'm ripped across the ditch,
and settled in the dirt and I'm
I wear you like a stitch,
            E5          C#5
yet I'm the one who's hurt
Pay attention to your twisted little indiscretions
I've got no right to win,
                   E5
I'm just caught up all the battles

[Pre-Chorus]
C#5
   Locked in clutch
Pushed in place
Hold your breath
And listen!

[Chorus]
C#5       E5    B5     E5
   I am a world before I am a man
C#5      E5  B5     E5
I  was a creature before I could stand
C#5       E5 B5    E5         F#5
I  will remember before I forget 
A5     E5
Before I forget that!
C#5     E5    B5     E5
I  am a world before I am a man
C#5      E5  B5     E5
I  was a creature before I could stand
C#5       E5 B5    E5         F#5
I  will remember before I forget 
A5
Before I forget that!

[Bridge]
D5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 B5
D5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 B5
D5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 B5
D5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5
B5    D5
  My end
   E5           C#5
It justifies my means
G#5        B5           B5
All I have to do is delay 
E5  B5             C#5
I'm given time to evade
G#5            B5          D5
The end of the road is my end
   E5           C#5
It justifies my means
G#5        B5           D5
All I have to do is delay 
E5  B5             C#5
I'm given time to evade
G#5        B5
The end of the road

[Chorus]
C#5       E5    B5     E5
   I am a world before I am a man
C#5      E5  B5     E5
I  was a creature before I could stand
C#5       E5 B5    E5         F#5
I  will remember before I forget 
A5  E5
Before I forget that!
C#5       E5    B5     E5
   I am a world before I am a man
C#5      E5  B5     E5
I  was a creature before I could stand
C#5       E5 B5    E5         F#5
I  will remember before I forget 
A5  E5
Before I forget that!
C#5       E5    B5     E5
   I am a world before I am a man
C#5      E5  B5     E5
I  was a creature before I could stand
C#5       E5 B5    E5         F#5
I  will remember before I forget 
A5  C#5
Before I forget that!

[Outro]
C#5
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
                  E5
Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh!