I have taken the best of the previous versions and put them together the way I like to
play the song. I've also fixed the chord issue to sound more like the recording.

4/4 Time
*Notes within “()” are to be played very lightly

In the intro play both lines.  For the verses, play only the second line and repeat the
second line four times as indicated in chord progression.  For the transition, add some
light notes to the first two Am finger patterns.  For example:

            
e||------0-(0)
B||------1-(1)
G||------2-(2)
D||----2------
A||--0--------
E||-----------

                          
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|

Throughout all the chords in the chorus you can keep your pinky on the high G note (e
string 3rd fret) to capture the note the piano is playing in the background if you want
a more authentic/full sound.  There should be four accented down strums for each chord
with a light bass note of each chord played in between each strum.

[Intro/Verse] Transition tab

            
e||------0----
B||------1----
G||------2----
D||----2------
A||--0--------
E||-----------

                          
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|
-----|

           
e||-----------
B||-----1-----
G||-----0-----
D||---2—(2)--0
A||-3---------
E||-----------

         
--0--|------0-
--3--|------1-
2—(2)|------2-
-----|----2---
-----|--0-----
-----|--------

             
-------|------
-------|-----1
-------|-----0
-------|---2—(
-------|-3----
-------|------

             
------2---|---
------3---|---
-----2-(2)|---
2)--0-----|---
----------|--0
----------|---


---0--------|
---1--------|
---2--------|
-2----------|
------------|
------------|

 
Chords Used:
:    x02210
:     x32010
: xx0230
:     xx0232
:     320003
(G): x02213
(G):  xx3213
(G):  x32013


[Verse 1]

        
I hurt myself 

           
today   to see

           
 if I still fe

el
        
I focus on the

           
 pain   the on

             
ly thing that'

  
s real
          
The needle tea

          
rs a hole   th

            
e old familiar

  
 sting
             
Try to kill it

       
 all away   bu

            
t I remember e

    * (*         
verything


[Chorus]

            
What have I be

            
come?     My s

         
weetest friend
           
Everyone I kno

             
w   goes away 

       
in the end
            
And you could 

             
have it all   

             
  My empire of

 
 dirt
            
I will let you

            
 down   I will

   -      *  (*   
 make you hurt

Instrumental transition: (see [intro])


[Verse 2]

           
I wear this cr

         
own of thorns 

            
  upon my liar

   
’s chair
        
Full of broken

           
 thoughts   I 

         
cannot repair
           
Beneath the st

         
ains of time  

             
 the feeling  

      
 disappears
        
You are someon

           
e else   I am 

           *
still right he

   (*         
re


[Chorus]

            
What have I be

            
come?     My s

         
weetest friend
           
Everyone I kno

             
w   goes away 

       
in the end
            
And you could 

             
have it all   

             
  My empire of

 
 dirt
            
I will let you

            
 down   I will

           
 make you hurt
            
If I could sta

            
rt again   A m

              
illion miles a


way
            
I would keep m

            
yself   I woul

  *               (*   
d find a way