Linkin Park – By Myself

Intro: D5 D#5 D5

Verse:
A5
What do I do to ignore them behind me? 
D5
Do I follow my instincts blindly? 
D#5
Do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams 
D5
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening? 
A5
Do I / sit here and try to stand it? 
D5
Or do I / try to catch them red – handed? 
D#5
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness, 
D5
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness? 
A5
Because I can’t hold on / when I’m stretched so thin 
D5
I make the right moves but I’m lost within 
D#5
I put on my daily facade but then 
D5
I just end up getting hurt again 

Chorus:
A5
By myself [myself] 
F5
I ask why, but in my mind 
D5
I find I can’t rely on myself 
A5
I can’t hold on 
F5
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin 
D5
It’s all too much to take in 
A5
I can’t hold on 
F5
To anything watching everything spin 
D5
With thoughts of failure sinking in 

A5
If I turn my back I’m defenseless 
D5
And to go blindly seems senseless 
D#5
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they’ll 
D5
Take from me ‘till everything is gone 
A5
If I let them go I’ll be outdone 
D5
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun 
D#5
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer 
D5
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer [by myself] 

A5
How do you think / I’ve lost so much 
F5
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch 
D5
How do you expect / I will know what to do 
A5
When all I know / Is what you tell me to 
F5
Don’t you know 
D5
I can’t tell you how to make it go 
A5
No matter what I do, how hard I try 
F5
I can’t seem to convince myself why 
D5
I’m stuck on the outside