By Myself Chords & Lyrics - Linkin Park

[INTRO]

[E] [G#m] (4x) [E]

[VERSES 1]

What [G#m]do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I [F#]follow my instincts blindly?
Do I [C#m]hide my pride behind these bad dreams
And gi[E]ve into sad thoughts that are maddening?

Do I sit h[G#m]ere and try to stand it?
Or do[F#] I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I [C#m]trust some and get fooled by phoniness?
Or do[E] I trust nobody and live in loneliness? [F#]

Because I can[G#m]'t hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I ma[F#]ke the right moves but I'm lost within
I put[C#m] on my daily facade but then.
I ju[E]st end up Get[F#]ting hurt again

[CHORUS]

By m[G#m]yself (mysel[E]f)
I ask why [G#m](but in my mind I find)
I can[E]'t rely on mysel[G#m]f(myself)
I as[E]k why (but in [G#m]my mind I find)
I can[E]'t rely on myse[G#m]lf
I can't ho[E]ld on
(to what I want[C#m] when I'm stretched so thin)
[G#m]It's all too m[E]uch to ta[C#m]ke in
[G#m]I can't hold [E]on
(to anything watching[C#m] everything spin)
[G#m]With thoughts of fa[E]ilure si[C#m]nking in

[VERSES 2]

If[G#m] I turn my back I'm defenseless
And[F#] to go blindly seems senseless
If I h[C#m]ide my pride and let it all go on
(then they'll)
Tak[E]e from me till everything is gone

If [G#m]I let them go I'll be outdone (but if I)
Try[F#] to catch them I'll be outrun
If [C#m]I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then[E] I'll be buried in the silence of the answe[F#]r

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]

[G#m]How do you think
[F#]I've lost so much
[C#m]I'm so afraid
[E]And I'm out of touch
[G#m]How do you expect
[F#]I will know what to do
[C#m]When all I know
[E]Is what you tell me to

[G#m]Don't you (know)
[E]I can't tell you how[G#m] to make it (go)
[E]No matter what it do[G#m] , how hard I (try)
[E]I can't seem to conv[G#m]ince myself (why)
[E]I'm stuck on the outside[G#m]

[G#m]Don't you (know)
[E]I can't tell you how[G#m] to make it (go)
[E]No matter what it do[G#m] , how hard I (try)
[E]I can't seem to conv[G#m]ince myself (why)
[E]I'm stuck on the outside[G#m]

[CHORUS]