Be My Escape Acoustic Chords

[Intro]
 
Em  Am  x3,  C  D
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
        G              D
        I’ve given up, I'm giving up slowly,
        C
        I’m blending in so you won’t even know me 
        Em           D                     Am    Em   C
        apart from this whole world that shares my fate
        G               D               C
        This one last bullet you mention is my one last shot at redemption
        Em                 D                      Am  Em  C
        because I know to live you must give your life away
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
                        Em               C        G       D
        And I’ve been housing all this doubt and insecurity
                   Em                  C             G                 D
        I’ve been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
                       Em           C                 G               D
        And I’ve been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
                    Am                                      C
        And even though, there’s no way in knowing where to go, 
                      D
        promise I’m going because
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 
              G                D               C          D
        I’m stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 
                 Em                D
        And I’m begging You, I’m begging You, 
               C           D        G
        I’m begging You to be my escape.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
        G                  D
        I’m giving up on doing this alone now
        C
        Cause I’ve failed and I’m ready to be shown how
        Em                D                Am  Em    C
        He’s told me the way and I’m trying to get there
        G                D
        And this life sentence that I’m serving
        C
        I admit that I’m every bit deserving 
        Em                  D                    Am   Em   C
        But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
                        Em               C        G       D
        And I’ve been housing all this doubt and insecurity
                   Em                  C             G                 D
        I’ve been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
                       Em           C                 G               D
        And I’ve been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
                    Am                                      C
        And even though, there’s no way in knowing where to go, 
                      D
        promise I’m going because
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 
               G                  D          C                 D
        I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 
                 Em                 D
        And I’m begging You, I’m begging You, 
               C           D        Em
        I’m begging You to be my escape.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
        Em        D   C             D
        I am a hostage to my own humanity
        Em       D                  C           D
        Self detained and forced to live in this mess I’ve made
        Em            D                  C         D
        And all I’m asking is for You to do what You can with me
      Am                      C                    D
        But I can’t ask You to give what You already gave
 
 
[Pre-Chorus] (played single strumming)
 
                        Em               C        G       D
        And I’ve been housing all this doubt and insecurity
                   Em                  C             G                 D
        I’ve been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
                       Em           C                 G               D
        And I’ve been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
                    Am                                      C
        And even though, there’s no way in knowing where to go,
                      D
        promise I’m going because
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 
              G                D               C          D
        I’m stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
       G    D            C      D
        I---I gotta get outta here 
                 Em                D
        And I’m begging You, I’m begging You, 
               C           D        Em
        I’m begging You to be my escape.
 
 
[Outro] (optional, but worth it)
 
       Em D C    Em D C
 
       Em           F         C
        I fought you for so long, I should have let you win
       Em           D                   C
        Oh how we regret those things we do
       Em         F        C                         Em
        And all I was trying to do was save my own skin
           D                C
        Oh-o, but so were you
 
         D     C      G
        So    were    you
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