Be My Escape

Relient K

Mmhmm (2004)

Chords

# Intro
A|---44-4444-4444444-44-4444-444-444--|
E|---55-5554-4444444-55-5554-440-000--| x4
C|---66-6666-6666666-66-6666-666-666--|
G|------------------------------------|

# This part can be strummed or played staccato.
A|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----------|
E|---5--5--4--0--5--5--4--0-----------|
C|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-----------|
G|------------------------------------|


# Verse 1
A                B
I've given up on giving up slowly
D
I'm blending in so you won't even know me
F#                    E          B      C# D
Apart from this whole world that shares my fate

A             B
This one last bullet you mention
D
Is my one last shot at redemption
F#                E                       B    C# D
Because I know to live you must give your life away


# Pre-Chorus
F#                             D         A       E
And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
          F#                 D             A                  E
I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
              F#           D                  A               E
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
         B                                          D               E
And even though, there's no way in knowing where to go, promise I'm going because


# Chorus
A E         D     E
I gotta get outta here
A                     E               D       E 
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
A E         D     E 
I gotta get outta here
        F#               E                D              E
And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, I'm begging You to be my escape.


# Verse 2 
A                B          
I'm giving up on doing this alone now
D
Cause I've failed and I'm ready to be shown how
F#               E                  B  C#  D   
He's told me the way and I'm trying to get there
A             B
And this life sentence that I'm serving
D
I admit that I'm every bit deserving
F#                E                      B    C#  D
But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair


# Pre-Chorus
F#                             D         A       E
And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
          F#                 D             A                  E
I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
              F#           D                  A               E
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
         B                                          D               E
And even though, there's no way in knowing where to go, promise I'm going because


# For those interested, there is a small solo over this pre-chorus, ending on the last line of the pre-chorus.

A|-----------12-11------------------------|
E|--/9-9-----------12--9-12-7---7h9p7-----| x3
C|-------6---------------------------9----|
G|----------------------------------------|


#Chorus
A E         D     E
I gotta get outta here
A                     E               D       E 
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
A E         D     E 
I gotta get outta here
        F#               E                D              E
And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, I'm begging You to be my escape.


# Bridge

A|---44-4444-4444444-44-4444-444-444--|
E|---55-5554-4444444-55-5554-440-000--| x2
C|---66-6666-6666666-66-6666-666-666--|
G|------------------------------------|

# In the song this is a guitar break, but you can also strum the following:

F#             D
I am a hostage to my own humanity
A                           B
Self detained and forced to live in this mess I've made

# Starting here, this is played again (though you could simply play chords):
A|---4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----------|
E|---5--5--4--0--5--5--4--0-----------| x2
C|---6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-----------|
G|------------------------------------|

F#m                       D
And all I'm asking is for You to do what You can with me
A                           B
But I can't ask You to give what You already gave


# Pre-Chorus
F#                             D         A       E
And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity and
          F#                 D             A                  E
I've been locked inside that house all the while You hold the key
              F#           D                  A               E
And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me
         B                                          D               E
And even though, there's no way in knowing where to go, promise I'm going because


#Chorus
A E         D     E
I gotta get outta here
A                     E               D       E 
I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake
A E         D     E 
I gotta get outta here
        F#               E                D              E
And I'm begging You, I'm begging You, I'm begging You to be my escape.


# Outro (Optional, piano tabbed for ukulele)
    F#m           E
A|------11-----4------13---2-------|
E|----5------5------5--------0-----|
C|--6------6------8------4---------|
G|---------------------------------|

    D
A|------7-5------------------------|
E|----5-----9-5--------------------|
C|--8-----------5-4-2-1------------|
G|----------------------4-2--------|


A|------11-----4------13---2-------|
E|----5------5------5--------0-----|
C|--6------6------8------4---------|
G|---------------------------------|

A|------7-9-13---------------------|
E|----5--------13-10-9-------9-----|
C|--8------------------9-6-9-------|
G|---------------------------------|


F#m      Gadd9
I fought You for so long
D
I should have let You in
F#m       E                      D
Oh how we regret those things we do
F#m     Gadd9 Dadd9                            F#m
And all I was trying to do was save my own skin
A           D   
But so were You

F#m E   A
So were You