Chords for Nico Collins - Alone

[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
I'm only going to school if you give me [Fm] a reason.
The kids are really mean and I already [A] know all the things they're [Bb] teaching.
Hop in the car, mama let him pay her key.
Missed the first hour just to get a [F] cup of coffee.
She's the only one who saw who [Am] he was.
No one else [Em] could read [Bb] him.
He's growing up late but he makes it through class.
He'll stare out the window and the clock [F] in the back.
Who they dream to wait, whose sky's [Am] so gray.
Everything's simple, it's driving [Dm] him mental.
Wishing every day that something [Bb] would change.
Instead his dad makes him play ball by [Fm] the bed.
And every time he cries, father [Am] rolls his eyes.
Saying, son it's all your fault, how come you [Gm] never tried?
He does all [A] that he should, why is he misunderstood?
[Dm] This is Troy, got a broken [Bb] boy with his head bumped in just to block out [F] the noise.
But everyone around him telling [A] him the way to go.
So he walks [Gm] the world alone, [Dm] wondering if it [Bb] gets better.
If he's always going to feel empty [F] forever.
So he gets too hot, try to find [A] another way back home.
As he walks [Dm] the world alone.
_ [E] _ [Bb] _
Fifteen years and he's drowning in sorrow.
Smoking weed, drinking cheap liquor [F] out the bottle.
With a bunch of fake friends, cause he tried to [A] fit in but it wasn't [Bb] working.
Ran away from law about a dozen times.
Nothing too bad, just a few [F] suburban crimes.
Till he says to himself, what are you doing?
[A] You don't [Dm] deserve this.
Cause you know nobody will ever [Bb] understand.
The person that you are, learn to hold your [F] own hand.
Get your shit together and lose [A] the way.
You'll never be [F] what you want, [G] no not with that faith.
[Dm] He's got it right in all of his thoughts [Bb] on paper.
Real life music made life so [F] much greater.
A hundred pounds down, he looks so different [Am] now.
As he plans his escape from a crooked [Gm] hometown.
_ He does all [Em] that he should, why [Am] is he misunderstood?
[Dm]
This is Troy, got a broken [Bb] boy with his head bumped in just to block [F] out the noise.
He's everyone around him, telling [A] him the way to go.
So he walks [E] the world [D] alone.
Wondering if it [Bb] gets better, or if he's always gonna feel empty [F] forever.
So he gets lost, trying to find another way [A] back home.
As he walks the world [Dm] _ alone.
[Bb] Alone.
_ _ [F]
Alone.
_ _ _ [A] _ Alone.
He's [Dm] _
21 years and he's on the [Bb] right path.
But sometimes he wonders if he grew [F] up too fast.
He missed out on the little things, [C] all of the little things.
[Dm]
Who is he kidding, surely [Bb] not himself.
But sometimes he wonders if there's [F] somebody else.
Take the same road, [C] but he'll never know.
Cause he walks [Dm] the world alone.
This is Troy, got a broken boy [Bb] with his head bumped in just to block [F] out the noise.
He's everyone around him, telling him the way [A] to [Am] go.
So he walks the world [G] alone.
[Dm] Wondering if it [Bb] gets better, or if he's always gonna feel empty forever.
[F] So he gets lost, trying to find [C] another way back home.
As he walks [Dm] the world alone.
_ _ [Bb] Alone.
_ _ [F] _
Alone.
_ [A] _ [Dm] As he walks the world alone.
_ _ [Bb] Alone.
_ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [A] So he walks the world