Chords for Story of an addict - Joe Nester

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I know it broke your heart [G#] the day I started using drugs
[E] I'm sorry that your love for me was never [B] quite enough
I'm sorry that I ran away when things were [F#] getting tougher
Let me clarify this for the ones who feel the [G#m] need to judge
You ever love something so much you gotta have it
So you use it every day until you start to form a [B] habit
Then before you knew what happened you were suddenly an [F#] addict
That just wasted half their life and every dream they had was [G#m] shattered
And now you're feeling hopeless and you're broken and you're [E] battered
Cause the dope that you've been chasing is the only thing that [B] mattered
You've tried to break the cycle and you've tried to break the [F#] pattern
But the hole you dug yourself is way too deep without a [G#m] ladder
I know I said I could take it back, I said I could [E] take the pain
I said I could get on track, wish I wasn't [B] so ashamed
Need to just accept the fact that I'm the only [F#] one to blame
And straighten up my act so I can go ahead and [D#m] make a change
I'm sorry that I [E] let you down
I'm sorry you don't [B]
understand
Even [F#] if I never make it out
I'll love you to the [G#m] very end
Well I just checked into this [E] treatment
And I'm hoping deep inside that I'll last longer than the [B] weekend
It's usually the time it takes for me to wanna [F#] leave
And every fiber of my being says to play with all my [G#m] demons
So give me something different, give me something to believe in
I [F#] surrendered and accepted, I'm defeated and I'm [B] beaten
But no one ever told me it's the secrets I've been [F#] keeping
As I sit alone and isolate, I barely speak at [G#m] meetings
Cause my heart is full of hurt and hate, how could anyone [E] relate?
No one really cares about me, I should go and [B] hibernate
Somewhere by myself where I can constantly replay [F#] the tape
Of how I messed it up again and now it's probably way [G#m] too late
I have a therapist that says I need to [E] open up
But really I'm embarrassed so I tell them that they know [B] enough
Until I get the strength to share I'll just keep [F#] showing up
And praying that I change, I guess it's all a part of [G#m] growing up
I'm sorry that I [E] let you down, I'm sorry you don't [B] understand
Even if I never [F#] make it out, I love you to the [G#m] very end
But now the days are passing by and I'm still growing [E] strong
And it's been years since I got high, I guess I'm moving [B] on
I finally got it right but not before I got [F#] it wrong
I wish the same for all my friends but most of them are dead [G#m] and gone
I have a family now and even got a couple [E] kids
But I don't hide my past for all the crazy things I [B] did
I share it openly and try to raise awareness [F#] on the dangers of addiction
When you're young and you are careless
[G#m] Cause it could be your family, be your friends or be the rest [E] of them
It could be a stranger passing by you see is just a [B] bum
But if it happens don't you dare think any less [F#] of them
I'm here to let you know sometimes it happens to the best of [G#m] them
_ _ [E] Yeah I'm here to let you know sometimes it happens to the best [B] of them
So if it happens don't you dare think any less of [F#] them
I'm here to let you know sometimes it happens to the best of [G#m] them
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