Am I know that I seem strong…             F Yeah I come off cold as hell…             C That’s just armor I built…             G So I don’t feel it as well… Am Built this heart outta holes…             F Where the hurt never left…             C Yeah I learned how to live…             G With that weight in my chest… ________________________________________ Pre-Chorus (tight, on the beat)             F But you cut through that armor…             G Like it ain’t even on…             Am Yeah you see who I am…             G When the act is gone… ________________________________________ Chorus (open up, stretch first lines) C I need you like life needs breath…             G Like you’re all that I’ve got left…             Am Like you’re proof I was alive…             F In this broken life… C And if I go before this love fades out…             G If my heart gives in and my time runs out…             Am You were the only thing I didn’t doubt…             F (hold) (HOLD “doubt…” — let it ring) ________________________________________ Verse 2 (same cadence as Verse 1) Am When I go quiet…             F I ain’t driftin’ away…             C I’m drownin’ right in it…             G With nothin’ to say… Am Nobody showed me…             F How to save my soul…             C So I learned how to hide it…             G And just carry that load… ________________________________________ Bridge (talk-sing / stripped down)             F If the good Lord calls me home…             C And I don’t get to grow old…             G Just know every beat I gave…             Am Was yours to hold…