F  G       E
Oh, woah, ohh
 Am        C
Oh, woah, ohh
 F   G      E
Oh, woah, ohh ohh

F G Am C
E Am
F G Am
C E Am


[Verse]
  Am                        Dm
Well, it's strange my head is rememberin’
    G         Am
How the airplane flying overhead
     Am             Dm
Looks so effortless, but I cannot guess
 G              Am
Why it lingers in my mind
  Am                Dm
Even after this, I'm a crying mess
      G              Am
And to be stronger now, my only wish
  Am                   Dm
So I can finally have the bravery
      G             Am
So I can reach on up to the sky


(Pre Chorus)
Dm              Am
This cruel fate engraving
    F             G
It's carved into the stone
      Dm                      Am
Hoping it reveals itself all to me and then I will
  Dm      Em   F   G
Know just where to go
 Dm            Am
This moment, this moment
F             G
I know that I can breathe
Dm                   Am
Hanging on a feeling...believe in
   Dm Em F G
My only meaning!


[Chorus]
F                          G
I hear a voice a-calling, telling me to risk it
    Am                 C
Asking if I have been going the distance
      F       E         Am             C
Singing with a passion that I cannot deny!
F                        G
My eyes are swollen from the tears that I’ve been crying
      Am          C
But to the rest of the world, ever smiling
       F      E        Am          C
Singing for the courage that I'm dying to show!
       F        G          E        Am
With my peace sign up when I say goodbye
  G#    A#          C
Write a story of a hero!

F G Am C
 E Am
F G Am C
E Am


[Verse]
Am                   Dm
I didn't want to say I protected you
     G                 Am
And you were never weak, I'm number two
      Am               Dm
You were stronger than I have ever been
      G                Am
And you mean more to me than you know
         Am                   Dm
I have changed myself since the day I yelled
    C                   Am
About how you go on by yourself
           Am                  Dm
So if you have to laugh, I should tell you that
         C              Am
I'm afraid that I'm all alone
 Dm                 Am
I'm kicking, I'm biting
       F           G
Impossible to breathe
   Dm                            Am
Going down below the depths of my troubled head
     Dm    Em   F     G
And I can feel my stomach heave
 Dm          Am
I see it, I need it
   F               G
It calms the blood that beats
      Dm                 Am
If only I could touch it, enough that
   Dm      Em     F     G
It’s mine for keeping
      F                          G
I hear a voice a-calling, telling me to risk it
         Am                  C
Asking if I have been going the distance
       F        E          Am        C
Singing with a passion that I cannot deny!
         F                      G
My eyes are swollen from the tears that I’ve been crying
           Am                      C
But to the rest of the world, ever smiling
     F         E           Am      C
Singing for the courage that I'm dying to show!
       F          G        E         Am
With my peace sign up when I say goodbye
      G#        A#        C
Write a story of a hero!
          F          G           Am          C
Those days gettin’ rowdy, gettin' bloody, I was
      F             G           Am           C
All scraped, gettin' worn and gettin' dirty, now I
      F              G          Am        C
Hear you talkin’ and it all is coming back
      F              G          Am      C
I see it in my mind - my memories revived
 F                   G           Am    C
I could apologize for sleeping in a chrysalis and
       F             G            Am      C
With every passing night, I wish that I was leaving it and
       F            G          Am    C
I swear that I'll be back again!
   F G Am
Oh, woah, ohh
   E Am
Oh, woah, ohh
 F G Am C
Oh, woah, ohh ohh
    E Am
Oh, woah, ohh
    F G Am
Oh, woah, ohh
  E Am
Oh, woah, ohh
       F                        G
I hear a voice a-calling, telling me to risk it
         A                      C
Asking if I have been going the distance
       F         E         Am          C
Singing with a passion that I cannot deny!
      F                        G
My eyes are swollen from the tears that I've been crying
       Am                  C
But to the rest of the world, ever smiling
      F           E           Am       C
Singing for the courage that I'm dying to show!
      F           G            E      Am
With my peace sign up when I say goodbye
       G#      A#     C
Write a story of a hero!
       F             G         Am      C
With my peace sign up when I say goodbye
        E        Am
Write a story of a hero!