Be My Escape

Relient K

Chords & TabKeyGCapoFret 2intermediate

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Chords4

Bass5

Chords in this song6

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Song

Artist: Relient K

Song: Be My Escape Acoustic

Standard tuning, CAPO 2nd fret

(I know there are certain specific names for these chords

but then wen chucked in with the lyrics it would be too

crammed to fit the whole names in so lets just stick

with simple names yes? By the way for certain parts you don't have

to strum the e and B string.. whatever floats ya boat i guess.

So just use these chords for the song):

E|---3|    E|---3|    E|---3|    E|---3|    E|---3|    E|---3|
B|---3|    B|---3|    B|---3|    B|---3|    B|---3|    B|---3|
G|---0|    G|---0|    G|---0|    G|---0|    G|---2|    G|---0|
D|---0|    D|---2|    D|---2|    D|---2|    D|---0|    D|---x|
A|---2|    A|---0|    A|---3|    A|---2|    A|---x|    A|---2|
E|---3|    E|---x|    E|---x|    E|---0|    E|---x|    E|---x|

Verse 1

I've given up on giving up slowly

I'm blending in so you won't even know me

Apart from this whole world that shares my fate

This one last bullet you mention

Is this my one last shot at redemption

Coz I know to live you must give your life away

Pre-Chorus

And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity

And I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key

And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me

And even though there's no way of knowing where to go

Dsus (chucka-chucka)

I promise I'm going because...

Chorus

I gotta get out of here

I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake

I gotta get out of here

And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape

Verse 2

I've given up on doing this alone now

Cause I failed and I'm ready to be shown how

You've told me the way, and I'm trying to get there

And this life sentence that I'm serving

I admit that I'm every bit deserving

But the beauty of grace is that it makes life not fair

Pre-Chorus

And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity

And I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key

And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me

And even though there's no way of knowing where to go

Dsus (chucka-chucka)

I promise I'm going because...

Chorus

I gotta get out of here

Coz I'm afraid that this complacency is something I can't shake, yeah

I gotta get out of here

And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape

Bridge

I've split the bridge into two parts,

The lead riff:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------2-2---------------------------------------------------2---------|
A|-------------2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
E|-0-0-0-3-------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------|

And the chords:

I am a hostage to my own humanity

Self-detained and forced to live in this mess I've made

And all I'm asking is for you to do what you can with me

But I can't ask you to give what you already gave

Pre-Chorus

And I've been housing all this doubt and insecurity

And I've been locked inside that house all the while you hold the key

And I've been dying to get out and that might be the death of me

And even though there's no way of knowing where to go

Dsus (chucka-chucka)

I promise I'm going because...

Chorus

I gotta get out of here

I'm stuck inside this rut that I fell into by mistake

I gotta get out of here

And I'm begging you, I'm begging you, I'm begging you to be my escape

Outro

The outro is optional coz its played by piano,

but I'll tab the chords out anyway:

Em7 Dsus Cadd9 only once for the acoustic version, but they do this

twice for the original version

I fought you for so long, I should have let you win

Oh how we regret those things we do

And all I was trying to do was save my own skin

Oh-o, but so were you

Ending

(cause it's cool)

So were you

e|--------0~-----3~-------|
B|--3~-----------3~-------|
G|---------------0~-------|
D|---------------0~-------|
A|---------------2~-------|
E|---------------3~-------|

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| ~ Vibrato

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