Tom: D [Intro] G D Em G D Em G D Em F C G F G F G F G F G F G F G My pain is self-chosen F G F G F At least, so the prophet says G F I could either burn G F Or cut off my pride and buy some time G F A head full of lies is the weight, tied to G C G My waist C G C G The river of deceit pulls down, oh oh C G The only direction we flow is down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down ( F G F G ) ( F G F G ) F G F G My pain is self-chosen F G F G F At least I believe it to be G F I could either drown G F Or pull off my skin and swim to shore G F Now I can grow a beautiful shell for all to G C G See C G C G The river of deceit pulls down, yeah C G The only direction we flow is down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down ( F G ) F G F G The pain is self-chosen, yeah F G Our pain is self-chosen F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down F G Down, oh down