The Beths - I Told You That I Was Afraid

[Verse 1]
A
I told you that I was afraid
Dsus2
That I would have a bad trip, fall asleep and never wake
F#m
They told me back at school that it would happen
E
I believed it till I didn’t
A
I told you that I was afraid
Dsus2
Of stating my opinion in a clear and honest way
F#m
They told me in my youth it wasn’t needed
E
Some thoughts are best deleted
G#m E
And everyone agreed it

[Chorus]
F#m E D
I don’t know what I’m getting up for
F#m E/G# A
I don’t know what I’m getting up for

[Verse 2]
A
I’m not getting taller anymore
A
So when I fall
Dsus2
It’s always the same distance as before
F#m
You’d think that I’d learn to anticipate it
E
By the millionth time I ate it
A
And I told you that I wasn’t scared
Dsus2
That evеn if I fractured every bonе, I didn’t care
F#m
I never told a lie so confidently
E
But you let me down so gently
G#m E
The concrete barely bent me

[Chorus]
F#m E D
I don’t know what I’m getting up for
F#m E/G# D
I don’t know what I’m getting up for
F#m E D
One more year, then I’ll look at the score
F#m E/G# A
I don’t know what I’m getting up for

[Bridge]
E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
Dsus2 Dm
Will you look me in the eye
F#m E
And say it’ll all be alright
D5
In the end?
A E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
Dsus2 Dm
Will you cross your heart and hope to die?
F#m E
It’ll all be alright
D5
In the end
A E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
Dsus2 Dm
Will you look me in the eye
F#m E
And say it’ll all be alright
D5
In the end?
A E/G#
Kindly tell me a lie
Dsus2 Dm
Will you cross your heart and hope to die?
F#m E
Cross your heart and hope to die
D5
Cross your heart and hope to die

[Instrumental]
D A/C# F#m E D D F#m E/G#

[Verse 3]
A
I told you that I was afraid
Dsus2
That everyone around holds me in some secret disdain
F#m
That I was held a fool so far deluded
E
You told me that was stupid
G#m E
But could never really prove it

[Chorus]
F#m E D
I don’t know what I’m getting up for
F#m E/G# D
I don’t know what I’m getting up for
F#m E D
One more year, then I’ll look at the score
F#m E/G# A
I don’t know what I’m getting up for
F#m E D
I don’t know what I’m getting up for (I told you that I was afraid)
F#m E/G# D
I don’t know what I’m getting up for (I told you that I was afraid)
F#m E D
One more year, then I’ll look at the score
F#m E/G# A
I don’t know what I’m getting up for