Note: to play the chorus correctly and simulate the piano playing, keep the G on the third fret of the
high e string fretted with your pinky. This makes the chords G major, Am7, Fadd9, and C major.
I also suggest playing a Hendrix Fadd9, so wrap your thumb and play 1st fret low E string.
The strum pattern for Intro/Verse/Transition is picked for the downs and strummed for the ups.
I suggest picking the A and D strings, and then up strum.
[Intro]
Am C D Am C D
Am C D Am C D Am
I hurt myself today to see if I still feel
C D Am C D Am
I focus on the pain the only thing that's real
C D Am C D Am
The needle tears a hole the old familiar sting
C D Am C D G
Try to kill it all away but I remember everything
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G Am
I will let you down I will make you hurt
[Transition]
(Am) C D Am C D
Am C D Am C D Am
I wear this crown of thorns upon my liar's chair
C D Am C D Am
Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair
C D Am C D Am
Beneath the stains of time the feelings disappear
C D Am C D G
You are someone else I am still right here
Am F C G
What have I become? My sweetest friend
Am F C G
Everyone I know goes away in the end
Am F G G
And you could have it all My empire of dirt
Am F G G
I will let you down I will make you hurt
Am F G G
If I could start again a million miles away
Am F G
I would keep myself I would find a way
(single strum)