The Riot Before - Words Written Over Coffee

      
 
 Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
 
 Chords:
 G Am C Em D Amadd9 
       

 e:|-----3-------0-------0-------0-------2-------0-----|
 B:|-----0-------1-------1-------0-------3-------1-----|
 G:|-----0-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2-----|
 D:|-----0-------2-------2-------2-------0-------x-----|
 A:|-----2-------0-------3-------2---------------2-----|
 E:|-----3-----------------------0---------------------|
 

 
 Intro:
 G Am C 
    
 Em D C 
    
 G              Am                C                  
 Pages filled cover the floor all covered up with ink
       Em           D          C                 
 Words written over coffee document my struggling
       G                 Am              C                  
 Those mornings spent sitting alone, mourning alone in grief
     Em              D              C 
 For all I killed in search of honesty
 
 G Am C 
    
 Em D C 
    
 G Am C 
    
 Em D C 
    
        G            Am               C                   
 See, I used to be a mustard seed shouting at the mountain
   Em              D                   C                 
 I used to hang my head when it stayed far from the ocean
   G                 Am               C                   
 I used to claim its failure from the depths of depression
         Em               D              C   
 Well, I cried to god but god did not respond
 
            G              Am             C               
 And like a barrel-chested strongman I suspended disbelief
           Em           D                   C                    
 I held it high over my head though all the weight was staggering
     G                Am              C              
 But legs buckled and muscles burned, in came gravity
              Em              D            C   
 I dropped it all, faced what I'd been avoiding
                    Em              D                C 
 Yeah, I dropped it all, faced what I'd been avoid...
                   G   
 What I'd been avoiding
 
 Am C 
   
 Em D C 
    
 G Am C 
    
 Em D C 
    
     G            Am                    C                 
 For many years I walked that road, for many years I tried
    Em          D              C                  
 So earnestly I sought the relationship advertised
        G                  Am                   C               
 But my empty hands and my empty heart could no longer be denied
            Em         D            C   
 Oh yeah, I quit. I forfeit eternal life
 
       G                                              
 And I did not take inheritance when I left to go away
         D                                                          
 Yeah, I did what was commanded when that rich man asked to be saved
   Am                                                     
 I left my friends, my family behind all for heaven's sake
         C       
 I am no prodigal
                   G   
 And this is no mistake
                   C   
 Oh, this is no mistake
                     Em  
 Well, this is no mistake
                  C   
 Well, I am no mistake
 
 Am      G       Am   Amadd9   C           
 C (Strumming pattern changes at one point)
 
        G              Am                  C                   
 So I'm sorry mom, I'm sorry dad, I really want you to be proud
         Em           D                      C                   
 I don't want to disappoint you all, I don't want to let you down
     G                  Am                     C                    
 But I have stopped searching for truth hiding behind heaven's cloud
               Em             D             C  
 Don't save my place, of this race I do bow out
               Em                 D               C 
 Don't save my place, oh, of this race I do bow...
         G      Am C 
 Well, I bow out
             Em  D C 
 Yeah, I bow out