Bb C#
So here I sit looking at the traffic lights
F#
The red extinguishes the hope that the green ignites
C#
I want to run away I want to ditch my life
Ab Bb
Cause all of my mistakes keep me awake at night
C#
And after all of my alibis desert me
I just want to get by
F#
I don't want nothing to hurt me
I had no idea where my head was at
C# Ab
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
Bb Ab C#
Because I just want for all of this to end
F# C#
And I so hate consequences
Bb Ab
And running from you is what my best defense is
F# C#
Ohh Consequences
Bb Ab
Oh God don't make me face up to this
F# C#
And I so hate consequences
Bb Ab
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#
Cause I know that I let you down
Ab
And I don't want to deal with that
Intro repeated*
Bb
It just now hit me this is more than just a set back
C#
And when you spelled it out well I guess I didn't get that
F#
And every trace of momentum is gone
C# Ab Bb
And this isn't turning out the way I want
And after all of my alibis desert me
C#
I just want to get by
I don't want nothing to hurt me
F#
I had no idea where my head was at
C# Ab
But if my heart says I'm sorry can we leave it at that
Bb Ab C#
Because I just want for all of this to end
F# C#
And I so hate consequences
Bb Ab
And running from you is what my best defense is
F# C#
Ohh Consequences
Bb Ab
Oh God don't make me face up to this
F# C#
And I so hate consequences
Bb Ab
And running from you is what my best defense is
F#
Cause I know that I let you down
Ab
And I don't want to deal with that
Bb
And I spent all last night
F#
Tearing down
Every stoplight
C#
And stop sign in this town
Now I think there might
Ab
Be no way to stop me now
I'll get away despite
F#
The fact I'm so weighed down
Ab Bb
All of my escapes have been exhausted
I thought I had a way but then I lost it
F# Ab
And my resistance was once much stronger
Bb
And I know I can't go on like this much longer
F#, C#, F#, C#
C# Bb
When I got tired of running from you
F#
I stopped right there to catch my breath
C#
There your words they caught my ears
Ab C#
You said I miss you son Come home
Bb
And my sins they watched me leave
F#
And in my heart I so believed
C#
The love you felt for me was mine
Ab Eb
The love I'd wished for all this time
And when the doors were closed
Bb Ab
I heard no I told you so's
F#
I said the words I knew you knew
C# Ab
Oh God Oh God I needed you
Bb Ab F#
God all this time I needed you I needed you
F# C#
And I so hate consequences
Bb Ab
And running from you is what my best defense is
F# C#
I hate these Consequences
Bb
And I know that I let you down
Ab
And I don't want to deal with that
Outro: F#, Ab, Bb, F#, C#, F#, C#