Linkin Park - By Myself: chords

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

Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness?
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?

Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves, but I'm lost within
I put on my daily façade, but then
I just end up getting hurt again

Chorus:
    G#m
By myself (myself)
I ask why (but in my mind I find)
I can't rely on myself(myself)
I ask why (but in my mind I find)
I can't rely on myself
             E
I can't hold on
                           C#m
(to what I want when I'm stretched so thin)
G#m           E      C#m
It's all too much to take in
G#m          E
I can't hold on
                      C#m
(to anything watching everything spin)
G#m               E       C#m
With thoughts of failure sinking in

If I turn my back, I'm defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
Then they'll take from me 'til everything is gone

If I let them go, I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them, I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer

Chorus

G#m
How do you think
F#
I've lost so much
C#m
I'm so afraid
B
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
B
Is what you tell me to

Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside
Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside

Chorus:
I can't hold on to what
I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on to anything,
watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
I can't hold on to what
I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on to anything,
watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking