Chorus:
 |Fmaj7                      C|                                  G
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.
                   |Fmaj7                            C|               G
You could cut ties with all the lies that you”ve been living in and
   |Fmaj7             C|                           G
And if you do not want to see me again,
                      |Fmaj7     C| G                                 |Fmaj7 C| G
I would understand.             I would understand.

Verse:
Am (once)                               C(once)
The angry boy, a bit too insane, icing over a secret pain.
G (once)
You know you don”t belong.
                  Am (once)
You”re the first to fight, you”re way too loud.
                    C (once)
You”re the flash of light on the burial shroud.
   G (once)                                                 Am (once)                               D (once)
I know something”s wrong.   Well, ev”ryone I know has got a reason
       C(once)
To say put the past away.

Chorus:
  |Fmaj7                   C|                                G
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.
               |Fmaj7                              C|               G
You could cut ties with all the lies that you”ve been living in and
    |Fmaj7           C|                           G
And if you do not want to see me again,
                          |Fmaj7  C| G                             |Fmaj7 C| G
I would understand.             I would understand.

Verse:
               Am (once)                              C (once)
Well, he”s on the table and he”s gone to code and
G (once)                                                   G (hold)
I do not think anyone knows what they are doing here.
                  Am (once)                                  C (once)
And your friends have left you, you”ve been dismissed.
G (once)                                                               G (hold)
I never thought it would come to this and I, I want you to know
Am (once)                                                  D (once)
Ev”ryone”s got to face down the demons.
                     C (hold)
Maybe today, you could put the past away.
Chorus:

 |Fmaj7                  C|                                  G
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.
             |Fmaj7                                  C|               G
You could cut ties with all the lies that you”ve been living in and
    |Fmaj7            C|                           G
And if you do not want to see me again,
                           |Fmaj7  C| G                             |Fmaj7 C| G
I would understand.             I would understand.

Breakdown:

|Fmaj7 C| G 12X
|G D|    C
          Can you put the past away?

Chorus:
 |Fmaj7                      C|                                    G
I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.
                 |Fmaj7                             C|                G
You could cut ties with all the lies that you”ve been living in and
    |Fmaj7            C|                           G
And if you do not want to see me again,
                        |Fmaj7  C| G                             |Fmaj7 C| G
I would understand.             I would understand.