Standard D tuning. Here are the chords you'll need. I know, the chords aren't
perfectly named, but they're just place holders.
G| 300033
F| 200033
Em| 020033
A7| 002033
C| 030033
Intro
G,A7,G,A7,G,A7,G,F
Em,A7,Em,A7,Em,A7,Em,F
G
Unwanted, but breathing
In the next room, sleeping
F Em
My mother, shes crying
And my fathers been drinking
F G
In our run-down apartment
Where the roof is still leaking
F Em
Hes cursing and cussing
Its just the whiskey talking
C Em
And Ive got lots of memories like this one
C Em
Of empty days and nights spent tired and lonesome
A7
When I think back... to all of it
It’s all too much
Oh its all too much when youre just a little kid
G,A7,G,A7,G,A7,G,F
Em,A7,Em,A7,Em,A7,Em,F
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/defeater/but_breathing_crd_ver_6.html ]
G
My little brother, just a newborn baby
F Em
In the image of my mother, says hes a blessing
F G
But not to my father, oh how he hates him
F Em
An undeserving mistake, He calls him a burden
C Em
And Ive got lots of memories like this one
C Em
Of picking sides and picking fights between them
A7
When I think back... to all of it
Well, its all too much
Well, its all too much when youre just a little kid
C A7 Em C A7 Em C
And when I wake up in the morning it all feels like a bad dream
A7 Em C
One that follows you and haunts you endlessly
G
Yeah, haunts me endlessly, ohhhh
G
Well, broken and beaten from the abuse and the cheating
F Em
The addiction, and the lying and the promise of leaving
F G
While my old man was a bastard, I admired and loved him
F Em
And us two kids, we were born in to a family, not a fortune, no
G,A7,G,A7,G,A7,G,F
Em,A7,Em,A7,Em,A7,Em,F
G
I pulled this from a youtube video. You might have to play with it a little, but
it sounds exact to me. Hope you enjoy!
