Note: to play the chorus correctly and simulate the piano playing, keep the G on the third fret of the
high e string fretted with your pinky. This makes the chords G major, Am7, Fadd9, and C major.
I also suggest playing a Hendrix Fadd9, so wrap your thumb and play 1st fret low E string.

The strum pattern for Intro/Verse/Transition is picked for the downs and strummed for the ups.
I suggest picking the A and D strings, and then up strum.


[Intro]
              


[Verse 1]
          
   I hurt myse

            
lf today   to 

            
see if I still

 
 feel
            
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 1]
            
What have I be

            
come?     My s

          
weetest friend
           
Everyone I kno

             
w  goes away i

       
n the end
            
And you could 

             
have it all   

             
My empire of d

  
irt
            
I will let you

            
 down    I wil

            
l make you hur

t


[Transition]
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[Verse 2]
           
   I wear this

           
 crown of thor

            
ns   upon my l

       
iar's chair
            
Full of broken

           
 thoughts   I 

        
cannot repair
            
Beneath the st

            
ains of time  

            
 the feelings 

       
disappear
            
You are someon

           
e else   I am 

            
still right he

re


[Chorus 2]
            
What have I be

            
come?     My s

          
weetest friend
           
Everyone I kno

             
w  goes away i

       
n the end
            
And you could 

             
have it all   

            
My empire of d

irt
            
I will let you

            
 down   I will

          
 make you hurt


[Outro]
            
If I could sta

            
rt again  a mi

             
llion miles aw

ay
            
I would keep m

      
yself  I would

 find a way
                 (single strum)