KELLY CLARKSON - Because of You

KELLY CLARKSON - Because of You 

Intro 

| Fm  |  Db  |  Eb  | x 2 times

Verse 1
Ab           Cm       Fm                       Eb        
 I will not make the same mistakes that you did
Ab           Cm        Fm                           Eb   
 I will not let myself cause my heart so much misery 
Ab            Cm        Fm                       Eb   
 I will not break the way you did, you fell so hard,
Ab                   Cm      Fm                    Eb   
 I've learned the hard way to never let it get that far 

Chorus 
            Fm            Dd                     Eb
 Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk,
            Fm            Dd                              Eb           C7
 because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt 
            Bbm                  Ab/C            Eb                   C7
 because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me,
            Db          Eb
 because of you, I am afraid

Verse 2
Ab          Cm     Fm                            Eb  
 I lose my way, and its not too long before you point it out 
Ab          Cm   Fm                               Eb  
 I cannot cry, because you know that's weakness in your eyes 
Ab             Cm        Fm                      Eb  
 I'm forced to fake, a smile, a laugh, everyday of my life 
Ab                        Cm            Fm                        Eb  
 My heart can't possibly break, when it wasn't even whole to start with...

Chorus
             Fm          Dd                      Eb          
 Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk,
             Fm                           Dd             Eb            C7     
 because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt,
              Bbm                  Ab/C           Eb                   C7
 because of you I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me,
            Db           Eb
 Because of you, I am afraid...

 Bridge 
               Cm               Fm                  Eb
 I watched you die, I heard you cry every night in your sleep
            Cm                   Fm                   Eb
 I was so young, you should have known better than to lean on me
             Cm               Fm                  Eb
 You never thought of anyone else, you just saw your pain
             Cm                     Fm               Eb
 and now I cry in the middle of the night, for the same damn thing...

Interlude 

 Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk...

 Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt...

 

TRANSPOSE STEP UP 1 OCTAVE

            Gm                    Eb                F
 Because of you I try my hardest just to forget everything
            Gm                      Eb            F     D
 becasue of you I don't know how to let anyone else in 
            Cm                  Bb/D                 F    D
 Because of you I'm ashamed of my life because its empty
             Eb           F
 because of you, I am...afraid...

 
            Gm    Eb  F
 Because of you....
               Gm    Eb  F
...because of you......

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