Be My Escape

[Intro]
| F#m | - | D | - |
| F#m | - | D | - |

[Pre-Verse]
| F#m | D | A | E |

[Verse 1]
A                 Bm
 I've given up on giving up slowly
D
 I'm blending in so you won't even know me
F#m           E                     Bm     C#m7 D
   Apart from this whole world that shares my   fate
A              Bm
 This one last bullet you mention
D
 Is my one last shot at redemption
F#m
   'Cause I know to live,
E                   Bm   C#m7 D
 you must give your life a___way

[Pre-Chorus]
              F#m              D         A       E
And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity
              F#m                D
And I've been locked inside that house
        A                  E
All the while you hold the key
              F#m          D                  A
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death
   E
of me
               Bm                                     D
And even though  there's no way of knowing where to go
                E
I promise I'm going because

[Chorus]
A E          D         E
 I gotta get outta here
    A                 E               D          E
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
A E          D         E
 I gotta get outta here
        F#m              E
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you
    Bm             E
I'm begging you to be my escape

[Verse 2]
A                 Bm
 I'm giving up on doing this alone now
D
 'Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how
F#m                      E               Bm C#m7 D
   You've told me the way and I'm trying to get  there
A              Bm
 And this life sentence that I'm serving
D
 I admit that I'm every bit deserving
F#m                       E                 Bm   C#m7 D
   But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not  fair

[Pre-Chorus]
              F#m              D         A       E
And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity
              F#m                D
And I've been locked inside that house
        A                  E
All the while you hold the key
              F#m          D                  A
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death
   E
of me
               Bm                                     D
And even though  there's no way of knowing where to go
                E
I promise I'm going because

[Chorus]
A E          D         E
 I gotta get outta here
             A                 E           D
'Cause I'm afraid that this complacency is something I
      E
can't shake, yeah
A E          D         E
 I gotta get outta here
        F#m              E
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you
    Bm             E           F#m
I'm begging you to be my escape

[Verse 3]
F#m              D                  A
   I am a hostage to my own humanity
                            Bm
Self-detained and forced to live in this mess I've made
F#m                          D
   And all I'm asking is for you to do what you can with me
A                           Bm
 But I can't ask you to give  what you already gave

[Pre-Chorus]
                 F#m              D         A       E
'Cause I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity
              F#m                D
And I've been locked inside that house
        A                  E
All the while you hold the key
              F#m          D                  A
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death
   E
of me
               Bm                                     D
And even though  there's no way of knowing where to go
                E
I promise I'm going because

[Chorus]
A E          D         E
 I gotta get outta here
    A                 E               D          E
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
A E          D         E
 I gotta get outta here
        F#m              E
And I'm begging you, I'm begging you
    Bm             E
I'm begging you to be my escape

[Outro]
F#m E D F#m E D
F#m            G
   I fought you for so long,
D
 I should have let you win
F#m           E                   D
Oh, how we regret those things we do
F#m         G          D                          F#m E
   And all I was trying to do was save my own skin
                D E  F#m  A
But so were you,  so were you