Blind Eyed

Sam Tompkins

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         E A D G B E
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Bm       7 9 9 7 7 7
Em       x 7 9 9 8 7
A        5 7 7 6 5 5
F#m      2 4 4 2 2 2
G        3 5 5 4 3 3
Cm      8 10 10 8 8 8
Dm     10 12 12 10 10 10
Am       5 7 7 5 5 5

[Verse 1]
Bm           Em            A   Bm
This lighter don’t work, no
Bm           Em            A   Bm
No flame to spark my goal
Bm           Em            A   Bm
My Nike’es laced in dirt, oh
Bm           Em                     A   Bm
I've ended up treading on my own soul

[Verse 2]
Bm            Em                       A
My headphones only working on the left side
A          Bm
But I try, to live the right life
Bm                Em
My eyes wide, and I strive
Em         A
To stop my demons gripping, ripping from the inside
Bm                      Em                              A
This road is dark and I can’t find the batteries for my flashlight
Bm                     Bm  Em  A   Bm
I’m blind eyed and I’m tiiiiiiiiiired

[Chorus]
Bm       Em       A         Bm
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah
Bm       Em       A         Bm
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah
Bm       A        F#m       G
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah

Bm       A        F#m       G

[Verse 3]
Bm           Em          A   Bm
These drugs don't work
Bm           Em          A   Bm
The pain it takes control
Bm           Em          A   Bm
A blood-stained shirt
Bm           Em                        A         Bm
I feel like I'm always being chased by the devil

[Verse 4]
Bm                          Em                              A
I tried to talk but I can’t seem to get my spoken words right
A     Bm                                 Bm
And I t-t-t-t-t-t-try to keep my stutter light
Bm               Em                A
And this life it can be ish right, cut you like a flick knife
Bm                      Bm
Twist and make you sick riiiiight
             Em                       A
And I think maybe I’ll be better off alone
Bm
So I redirect the calls from my phone
Bm               Em
I learnt so many lessons from depression
A                                          Bm
But in essence I’m just wishing that these bad thoughts were gone

[Chorus]
Bm       Em       A         Bm
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah
Bm       Em       A         Bm
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah
Bm       A        F#m       G
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah

Bm       A        F#m       G

[Verse 5](palm muted chords)

Bm    Cm    Dm
Bm    Cm    Am

Bm    Cm   Dm
Bm

Bm                                              Cm                Dm
Sometimes I bleed, sometimes I crawl, sometimes I slip, sometimes I fall
Bm                                                          Cm                 Am
Sometimes times my back is up against the wall so hard that the whole building could fall
Bm
Sometimes I bruise, sometimes I break
Cm                  Dm
Sometimes I’m true, sometimes I’m fake
Bm
Sometimes I’m hoping for a moment when the floor would just start opening and swallow me for goodness sake
Bm                                                               Cm                      Dm
And I think I’m gonna break cause I ache and it’s bait I’m awake in a world full of pain superman no cape
Bm                                                            Bm
And I’m pressing the breaks but the breaks they break and I’m driving my universe into a lake
Bm
And the weight, the weight of the world don’t wait
Cm                         Dm
We make mistakes when it’s all at stake
Bm
We cook our cake we eat our cake
Bm
Sometimes no time for double takes but

(Accapella)
N.C.
That’s just the way life goes sometimes
N.C.
But I don’t want to end up in the gutter being battered by my troubles
N.C.
face down in a puddle where the sun don’t shine
N.C.
So I’m coming and giving it back, upon the track and attacking ‘em
N.C.
Stacking up beats like I did with this one I pack it in
N.C.
And I’m praying, oh lord take this pain away

Bm       Em       A         Bm
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah
Bm       Em       A         Bm
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah
Bm       A        F#m       G
Ooooh oh Ooooh oh Ooooh oh  Aah Aah

Bm       A        F#m       G

                Bm
I'm blind eyed