Monster - Shawn Mendes

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Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Intro]
   


[Verse 1]
          
You put me on 

              
a pedestal and

              
 tell me I'm t

       
he best
            
Raise me up in

              
to the sky unt

              
il I'm short o

        
f breath (Yeah

)

Fill me up wit

h confidence, 

I say what's i

n my chest

Spill my words

 and tear me d

own until ther

e's nothing le

ft
            
Rearrange the 

              
pieces just to

              
 fit me with t

       
he rest, yeah


[Chorus]
              
But what if I,

           
 what if I tri

p?
              
What if I, wha

       
t if I fall?
              
Then am I the 


monster?
            
Just let me kn

ow
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I sin

?
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I bre

ak? Yeah
              
Then am I the 


monster?
            
Just let me kn

ow, yeah


[Verse 2]
N.C.
I was fifteen when the world put me on a pedestal
      
I had big drea

ms of doin' sh

ows and making

 memories
          
Made some bad 

moves tryna ac

t cool, upset 

by their jealo

usy

Lifting me up 

(Lifting me up

), lifting me 

up (Yeah)
   
And tearing me

 down (Down), 

tearing me dow

n (Down, down)
     
I'll take resp

onsibility for

 everything I'

ve done (Yeah)
            
Holding it aga

              
inst me (Yeah)

              
 like you're t

           
he holy one (Y

eah)
        
I had a chip o

n my shoulder,

 had to let it

 go

'Cause unforgi

veness keeps t

hem in control
       
I came in with

 good intentio

ns then I let 

it go

And now I real

ly wanna know


[Chorus]
              
But what if I,

           
 what if I tri

p? (Oh)
              
What if I, wha

       
t if I fall? (

I fall)
              
Then am I the 


monster? (Am I

 the monster?)
            
Just let me kn

ow (Let me kno

w)
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I sin

? (Oh)
              
And what if I,

           
 what if I bre

ak? Yeah
              
Then am I the 


monster? (Am I

 the monster?)
            
Just let me kn

ow

Please just let me know


[Outro]

La-da-da-duh-d

uh (But what i

f I fall?)

La-da-da-duh-d

uh-duh-na

La-da-da-da-du

h-duh

La-da-da-duh-d

uh-duh-na

La-da-da-duh-d

uh (Please don

't let me fall

)

La-da-da-duh-d

uh-duh-na

La-da-da-da-du

h-duh (Oh, ple

ase don't let 

me fall)
             
La-da-da-duh-d

             
uh-duh-na