The Abliss chords

[INTRO]
[Am] [F] [C] [G] (x4)

(Strum pattern changes)

[Am] [F] [C] [G] (x2)

[VERSE 1]
[Am]Too many friends are asleep inside pine b[F]oxes
Suicide by abuse of a [C]toxins
Cause it’s easier to run [G]away
Then to deal with the bullshit of the day to [Am]day
And I really can’t blame you [F]
Most days it’s hard to find a scrap of [C]hope
Should’ve been there to help you [G]cope, but I was locked up in the brig of the same damn boat

[CHORUS]
[Am]Why should I sugarcoat it
[F]We’re all gonna die
[C]If we escape the coarse easily coerced
[G]I guarantee next time
[Am]I see you you’ll be strapped down to a [F]bed
All cloaked in white [C]
Rotting from the inside out [G]beneath fluorescent lights

So, [Am]for the [F]love of [C]god do as I [G]say not as I [Am]do
I may not [F]care about [G]myself, but I care about you
[Am]Kid I’ve [F]been there and I’ve [C]done that
It ain’t [G]pretty it ain’t [Am]worth it
So trust me stay [F]the fuck aw[G]ay and you’ll be o-kay

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [F] [C] [G] x2

[VERSE 2]
[Am]These lives are only ours to live [F]
These sins are just ours to forgive [C]

This stigma might wear thin
[G]A life in pain, a love in vain

The veins & skin all weathered from a pin
[Am]You never felt desire, might cast your soul on fire
[F]You can’t understand their fear, ____ you refuse see them clearer
[C]Victims of this crooked game, (all) trapped inside a world insane,
[G]You cast aside, mere shadows in a funhouse mirror

[CHORUS]
[Am]Why should I sugarcoat it
[F]We’re all gonna die
[C]If we escape the coarse easily coerced
[G]I guarantee next time
[Am]I see you you’ll be strapped down to a [F]bed
All cloaked in white [C]
Rotting from the inside out [G]beneath fluorescent lights

So, [Am]for the [F]love of [C]god do as I [G]say not as I [Am]do
I may not [F]care about [G]myself, but I care about you
[Am]Kid I’ve [F]been there and I’ve [C]done that
It ain’t [G]pretty it ain’t [Am]worth it
So trust me stay [F]the fuck aw[G]ay

And you’ll be o-kay

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [F] [C] [G] (x4)

(Strumming changes)

[Am] [F] [C] [G] (x2)

[BRIDGE]
[Am]Life’s a minefield a [F]treacherous road
Call me [C]selfish but I don’t want to [G]travel it alone
[Am]So burn the crutches and[F] mend the bones
Cause [C]we’ve still got so many [G]miles to go

[VERSE 3]
[Am]Stay awake [F]stay alive
[C]we've been building our demons
through the [G]comfort of lies
[Am]with injections and bottles
[F]we poison the mind
[C]but don't crumble beneath
[G]stay awake stay alive

[Am]Life’s a minefield a [F]treacherous road
Call me [C]selfish but I don’t want to [G]travel it alone
[Am]So burn the crutches and[F] mend the bones
Cause [C]we’ve still got so many [G]miles to go

[Am]Stay awake [F]stay alive
[C]think of all of us [G]here left behind
[Am]I know it's painful
the s[F]ickness contrived
but you're s[C]tronger than you know
so [G]put up a fight​

[OUTRO]
[Am] [F] [C] [G] (x2)