Verse 1
Am G C
Left all my bags at the gates
G F
I held your hand as you tried to escape
Am G C
You were weak from the nights that you spent
G F
Fighting your way out of hospital beds
Am F C
I tried so hard to carry you, fighting through every part of it
F Am G C
All of the pain, but I was weak from the nights that I spent
G F
Laying awake in those hospital beds
C G F G
Oh, you were the chaos they couldn't control
C
While they took down your name
G F
I was pleading with them to go slow
Verse 2
Am G C
I played you that song that you love
G F
I let you down, I'd forgotten the words
Am G C
I watched as you still tried to dance
G F
But it's hard when the wires pour out of your chest
Am G
Made cathedrals with old cotton sheets
C F
We held on to belief like its all we had left
Am F
Saw you smiled as you still tried to laugh
C F
But it's hard when the wires pour out of your chest
C G Am F
Oh, you were the chaos they couldn't control
C G Am F
Oh, you were the chaos they couldn't control
C
While they took down your name
G F
I was pleading with them to go slow
Am F
Oh, and I still remember the sky falling down
C F
The way that the world seemed to not make a sound
C G Am F
Oh, you were the chaos they couldn't control
Bridge
Am F
I convinced myself that you were going home
C G
That there's a reason behind everything that we don't know
Am F
I convinced myself that you were going home
C G
That there's a reason behind everything that we don't know
C G Am F
Oh, you were the chaos they couldn't control
C
While they took down your name
G F
I was pleading with them to go slow
Am F
Oh, and I still remember the sky falling down
C F
The way that the world seemed to not make a sound
C G Am F
Oh, you were the chaos they couldn't control
C
Couldn't control