you can play instead of D/F# just play D or Dsus4
instead of playing  Dadd9 you can play a D
Capo 1 fret
Intro: [Em  Cadd9   D]x2



           
 I will not ma

            
ke the same mi

              
stakes that yo

            
u did,
           
 I will not le

            
t myself cause

              
 my heart so m

        
uch misery.
           
 I will not br

            
eak the way yo

              
u did, you fel

        #
l so hard,
             
 I've learned 

            
the hard way t

            
o never let it

         
 get that far.

   
..


            
 Because of yo

             
u I never stra

          
y too far from

      
 the sidewalk,
            
 because of yo

              
u I learned to

             
 play on the s

          
afe side so I 

  
don't get hurt

,
            
 because of yo

           
u I find it ha

             
rd to trust no

        
t only me, but

 everyone arou

nd me,
            
 because of yo

       
u, I am afraid

...


           
 I lose my way

            
, and its not 

              
too long befor

          
e you point it

  
 out,
           
 I cannot cry,

            
 because you k

              
now that's wea

          
kness in your 

   
eyes;
             
 I'm forced to

          
 fake, a smile

              
, a laugh, eve

          
ryday of my li

 
fe.
              
 My heart can'

            
t possibly bre

              
ak, when it wa

            
sn't even whol

       
e to start wit

h...


            
 Because of yo

          
u I never stra

             
y too far from

   
 the sidewalk,
            
 because of yo

              
u I learned to

             
 play on the s

          
afe side so I 

  
don't get hurt

,
            
 because of yo

           
u I find it ha

             
rd to trust no

            
t only me, but

 everyone arou

nd me,
            
 Because of yo

       
u, I am afraid

...

   
              
 I watched you

            
 die, I heard 

            
you cry every 

          
night in your 

sleep...
            
 I was so youn

              
g, you should 

            
have known bet

            
ter than to le

an on me.
            
 You never tho

              
ught of anyone

            
 else, you jus

       
t saw your pai

n,
            
 and now I cry

              
 in the middle

            
 of the night,

         
 for the same 

damn thing...

(quiet struming OR JUST ONE)
         *  
 Because of yo

           
u I never stra

 *          
y too far from

       *
 the sidewalk,
            
 because of yo

 *            
u I learned to

              
 play on the s

  *      
afe side so I 

       *
don't get hurt

...


            
 Because of yo

             
u I try my har

         
dest just to f

        
orget everythi

ng,
            
 becasue of yo

             
u I don't know

         
 how to let an

       
yone else in.
            
 Because of yo

           
u I'm ashamed 

             
of my life bec

         
ause its empty
            
 because of yo

        
u, I am, afrai

d...

(quiet struming)
            
 Because of yo

       
u....
              
...because of 

         
you......

END