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   F#m     Bm
   it gets harder
                G           D
   to keep trying to hold on
   F#m       Bm
   watch our hopes take wing
   G                         A
   wave at them when they're gone
               F#m           Bm
   plunge like suicides from rooftops
   D
   break our ankles when we land
       F#m       D
   and bless the arrows
               A     
   that strike us where we stand
   
                       D   G           A
   if it doesn't crush me, it's alright
                       D   G           A
   if it doesn't break me, it's alright
                 D                             A
   all the petty demons trying to break me in two
         D                         G
   i was born stronger than any of you
         D            A             D
   it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
   
   F#m           Bm    
   it gets complicated
             G                         D
   when they come in for their counter-attack
   F#m               Bm
   everybody hates a victim
       G                   A
   who won't stop fighting back
   F#m                  Bm
   spray blood in their faces
   D
   play for keeps
       F#m             D
   and bless the brave assassins
       A
   who strike us while we sleep
   
   
                       D   G           A
   if it doesn't crush me, it's alright
                       D   G           A
   if it doesn't break me, it's alright
                 D                             A
   all the petty demons trying to break me in two
         D                         G
   i was born stronger than any of you
         D            A             D
   it's alright, it's alright, it's alright