Defeater - But Breathing D-Standard tuning (D-G-C-F-A-d) Constructive criticism welcome! G/B A2/Dsus D/F# Em7 Cadd9 d|---3-------3-------3-------3-------3---| A|---3-------3-------3-------3-------3---| F|---0-------2-------0-------0-------0---| C|---0-------2-------0-------x-------x---| G|---x-------0-------x-------2-------3---| D|---3-------x-------2-------0-------x---| INTRO G/B - A2/Dsus (x3) G/B - D/F# Em7 - A2/Dsus (x3) Em7 - D/F# VERSE 1

^G/BUnwanted, but bre

athing in the next roo

m, sleeping (D/F#) Em7 - - My mother, she's crying and my father's been drinking (D/F#) G/B - - In our run-down apartment where the roof is still leaking (D/F#) Em7 - - He's cursing and cussing it's just the whiskey talking

CHORUS (Em7) Cadd9 - (Cadd9) Em7 - And I've got lots of memories like this one (Em7) Cadd9 - (Cadd9) Em7 - Of empty days and nights spent tired and lonesome (Em7) A2/Dsus - When I think back to all of it A2/Dsus - - - - It's all too much oh it's all too much when you're just a little kid INTRO (x1) VERSE 2

^G/BMy little broth

er, just a newbo

rn baby I (D/F#) Em7 - - In the image of my mother, says he's a blessing (D/F#) G/B - - But not to my father, oh how he hates him (D/F#) Em7 - - "An undeserving mistake," He calls him a burden

CHORUS (Em7) Cadd9 - (Cadd9) Em7 - And I've got lots of memories like this one (Em7) Cadd9 - ( Cadd9) Em7 - Of picking sides and picking fights between them (Em7) A2/Dsus - When I think back to all of it A2/Dsus - - - - It's all too much oh it's all too much when you're just a little kid BRIDGE Cadd9 A2/Dsus Em7 Cadd9 A2/Dsus Em7 Cadd9 And when I wake up in the morning it all feels like a bad dream A2/Dsus Em7 Cadd9 One that follows you and haunts you endlessly

^Cadd9Yeah, haunts me endlessly ^G/B

VERSE 3

^G/B Well, broken a

nd beaten from t

he abuse and the cheating (D/F#) Em7 - - The addiction, and the lying and the promise of leaving (D/F#) G/B - - While my old man was a bastard, I admired and loved him (D/F#) Em7 - - And us two kids, we were born in to a family, not a fortune, oh

OUTRO G/B (x3) G/B - D/F# Em7 (x3)

^Em7(x2)

^D/F# (End on G/B)

Defeater - But breathing