Nightmare

no capo! Intro F Em now i lay me down to sleep Am C i pray the lord, my soul to keep F Em if i shall die before i wake Am C I pray the lord, my soul to take Chorus F Em I, i keep a record of the wreckage Am Of my life C I gotta recognize F The weapon in my mind Em They talk shit Am But i love it every time C And i realize [Verse (1)] Am I've tasted blood and it is sweet C F I've had the rug pulled beneath my feet Em Am I've trusted lies and trusted men C Broke down and put myself F Back together again Em Stared in the mirror and punched it to shatters Am C Collected the pieces and picked out a dagger F Em I've pinched my skin in between my two fingers ( spoken ) And wished i could cut some parts off with some scissors [pre-Chorus] F Come on little lady Em Give us a smile Am No, i ain't got nothin C To smile about F I got no one to smile for Em I waited a while for Am A moment to say i don't ( spoken ) Owe you a goddamn thing Chorus F Em I, i keep a record of the wreckage Am Of my life C I gotta recognize F The weapon in my mind Em They talk shit Am But i love it every time C And i realize [post-Chorus] F I'm no sweet dream Em Am C But i'm a hell of a knife F That i'm no sweet dream Em Am C But i'm a hell of a knife [Verse (2)] F Em no, i won't smile Am But i'll show you my teeth C And i'ma let you speak F If you just let me breathe Em I've been polite Am But won't be caught dead C Lettin' a man tell me what F I should do in my bed Em Keep my exes in check in my basement Am 'Cause kindness is weakness C Or worse, you're complacent F I could play nice or Em I could be a bully ( spoken ) I'm tired and angry but somebody should be [pre-Chorus] F Come on little lady Em Give us a smile Am No, i ain't got nothin C To smile about F I got no one to smile for Em I waited a while for Am A moment to say i don't ( spoken ) Owe you a goddamn thing Chorus F Em I, i keep a record of the wreckage Am Of my life C I gotta recognize F The weapon in my mind Em They talk shit Am But i love it every time C And i realize F Em I, i keep a record of the wreckage Am Of my life C I gotta recognize F The weapon in my mind Em They talk shit Am But i love it every time C And i realize Bridge F Em Am Someone like me can be a real nightmare C Completely aware F Em Am But i'd rather be a real nightmare C Than die unaware, yeah F Em Am Someone like me can be a real nightmare C Completely aware F Em Am But i'm glad to be a real nightmare ( no chord ) So save me your prayers Chorus F Em I, i keep a record of the wreckage Am Of my life C I gotta recognize F The weapon in my mind Em They talk shit Am But i love it every time C And i realize F Em I, i keep a record of the wreckage Am Of my life C I gotta recognize F The weapon in my mind Em They talk shit Am But i love it every time C And i realize Outro F I'm no sweet dream Em Am C But i'm a hell of a knife F That i'm no sweet dream Em Am C But i'm a hell of a knife