By Myself Chords by Linkin Park

[Start]

[Verse]
Ab Ab7         Abm                          
■  ■   What do I do to ignore them behind me
                         Gb     
Do I follow my instincts blindly
                        Gb              
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
                           Gb                
And give into sad thoughts that are maddening
Abm                              
Do I sit here and try to stand it
      Abm7                Gb7      
Or do I try to catch them redhanded
                                  Dbm7     
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness
                                 Abm       
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness
          Abm7                                    
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
                               Absus4     
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
                  Db             
I put on my daily façade but then
Abm           Abm7              
I just end up getting hurt again


[Chorus]
Abm7     
By myself
  Abm7                       
I ask why but in my mind find
                Ab    
I can't rely on myself
  Ab                           
I ask why but in my mind I find
                Ab7   
I can't rely on myself
             Ab
I can't hold on
                        Db           Ab  
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
             E       Db   Ab
It's all too much to take in
  Ab7   Ab   E 
I can't hold on
            Db                  Ab  
To anything watching everything spin
                 E       Db        
With thoughts of failure sinking in


[Verse]
     Abm                         
If I turn my back I'm defenseless
       Abm7                      
And to go blindly seems senseless
   Absus4                              
If I hide my pride and let it all go on
     Abm                                         
Then they'll take from me 'til everything is gone
   Abm                          
If I let them go I'll be outdone
       Abm7                              
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
       Absus4                               
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
             Abm                      Ab7       
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer
   Ab7   
By myself


[Chorus]
          Ab                 
I ask why but in my mind find
                Ab    
I can't rely on myself
          Ab                   
I ask why but in my mind I find
                Ab7   
I can't rely on myself
  Ab           
I can't hold on
   E                              Db     
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
             Ab             
It's all too much to take in
             E 
I can't hold on
Db Ab                               
To anything watching everything spin
E                                  
With thoughts of failure sinking in
       Db       
How do you think
             Ab  
I've lost so much
       E     
I'm so afraid
           Db   
I'm out of touch


[Bridge]
Abm Gb B Abm
■   ■  ■ ■  
Abm              
How do you expect
Gb                       
■  I will know what to do
         Gb7   
When all I know
B                     
Is what you tell me to


[Chorus]
Ab7      
Don't you
                     Ab        
I can't tell you how to make it
                        Ab    
No matter what I do how hard I
                Ab             
I can't seem to convince myself
    Ab                  
I'm stuck on the outside
Ab7      
Don't you
                        Ab7    
I can't tell you how to make it
                        Ab7   
No matter what I do how hard I
                Ab7            
I can't seem to convince myself
                 Ab7    
I'm stuck on the outside
             E 
I can't hold on
                                  Ab     
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
E    Db  Ab                 
It's all too much to take in
  E            
I can't hold on
                                Ab7 
To anything watching everything spin
                 E               Ab
With thoughts of failure sinking in
             E 
I can't hold on
                    Db               Ab  
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
             E       Db     
It's all too much to take in
Ab Ab7        E 
I  can't hold on
                                Ab  
To anything watching everything spin
                 E                 
With thoughts of failure sinking in


[End]