Intro: E

EIʼve known it from the very start
C#mWe’re a shot in the darkest dark
AOh no, oh no, Iʼm unarmed
EThe waiting is a sadness
C#mFading into madness
AOh no, oh no, it wonʼt stop

Pre-Chorus:
    AI’m standinʼ on a Etightrope aBlone
    I hold my breath a little bit Alonger
    Halfway out the Edoor, but it wonʼt Bclose
    Iʼm holdinʼ out hope for you toA say,E «DonʼtB go»
    I would stay forever if youA say,E «DonʼtB go»

Chorus:
    AWhyʼd you have to lead me Eon?
    Why you’d have to twist the Bknife?

Walk away and leave me bleedin’, bleedinʼ?

    AWhy’d you whisper in the Edark
    Just to leave me in the Bnight?

Now you silence has me screaminʼ, screaminʼ

    A(Say) Say, «E(Donʼt) Don’t (BGo) go»
    I would stay forever if you (ASay) say,
    «(EDonʼt) Donʼt (BGo) go»

(Say, say, say, say)

ENow Iʼm pacinʼ on shaky ground
C#mStrikе a match, then you blow it out
AOh no, oh no, itʼs not fair
EʼCause you kiss me and it stops timе
C#mAnd Iʼm yours, but youʼre not mine
AOh no, oh no, youʼre not there

Pre-Chorus:
    AIʼm standinʼ on the Esidewalk aBlone

I wait for you to drive by
    AIʼm tryna see the Ecards that you wonʼt Bshow
    Iʼm about to fold unless you (ASay) say,
    «(EDonʼt) Donʼt (BGo) go»
    I would stay forever if you (ASay) say,
    «(EDonʼt) Donʼt (BGo) go»

Chorus:
    AWhyʼd you have to lead me Eon?
    Why you’d have to twist the Bknife?

Walk away and leave me bleedin’, bleedinʼ?

    AWhy’d you whisper in the Edark
    Just to leave me in the Bnight?

Now you silence has me screaminʼ, screaminʼ

    A(Say) Say, «E(Donʼt) Don’t (BGo) go»
    I would stay forever if you (ASay) say,
    «(EDonʼt) Donʼt (BGo) go»

(Say, say, say, say)

Bridge:
    AWhyʼd you have to (Whyʼd you Ehave to)
    Make me want you (Make me Bwant you)?

Whyʼd you have to (Whyʼd you have to)
    Give me nothinʼ Aback?

    Whyʼd you have to (Whyʼd you Ehave to)
    Make me love you (Make me Blove you)?
N.C.
I said, «I love you,» you say nothinʼ back

Chorus:
    Whyʼd you have to lead me Eon? (Oh)
    Why youʼd have to twist the Bknife?

Walk away and leave me bleedinʼ, bleedinʼ?

    AWhy’d you whisper in the Edark
    Just to leave me in the Bnight?

Now you silence has me screaminʼ, screaminʼ (Woah)

    A(Say) Say, «E(Donʼt) Don’t (BGo) go»
    I would stay forever if you (ASay) say,
    «(EDonʼt) Donʼt (BGo) go» woah

(Say, say, say, say)

Outro:
    But you Awonʼt, but you Ewonʼt, but you Bwonʼt
    I would stay forever if youA sayE, «DonʼtB go»
    But you Awonʼt, but you Ewonʼt, but you Bwonʼt