Verse
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m
In my life all the strife is getting in the way.
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m
Frankly I did not plan on getting hurt today.
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m E B
From your chair in the clouds, benevolent are your ways. While the beggar bleeds,
F# C#m E B F# C#m
the children play. Everyone wants to know why?
[Pre-Chorus]
A E B G#m A
Isn't it always the question,"How do you know my condition?"
[Chorus]
E C#m B G#m G#m7 E
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
E C#m B A
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m
To be me. To be us.
[Verse 2]
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m
In the wake of this mess, decades and centuries past.
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m
Who's to blame for this mess, and who's gonna take the rap.
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m A
We're quick to judge and discard. E God who lets you choose, whom and what to love!
[Pre-Chorus 2]
E B G#m A
Isn't it always the question,"Do you really know my position?"
[Chorus 2]
E C#m B G#m G#m7 E
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
E C#m B A
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like.
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m E B F# C#m E B F# C#m
To be me. To be us. To be one with the dust. To be lost.
[Musical interlude]
A E B G#m A E B G#m7
[Acappella] (oh x7) x2 You know what it's like, to thirst to bleed, oh you know what it's like.
[Chorus 3]
E C#m B G#m G#m7 E
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know what it's like to hurt.
E C#m B A
You came down to me to know what it's like, to know just what it's like to...
E C#m B G#m G#m7 E
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like to hurt.
E C#m B A A A A
You came down... to know just what it's like, to know just what it's like.
E B F# C#m E B F# C#m E B F# C#m E B F#
To be me. To be us. To be lost. To be found.