Chords for Clay Aiken - The Real Me

_ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] Foolish heart, looks like [C#m] we're here again
Same old [E] game of plastic [B] smile, don't let [C#m] anybody in
Hide my [F#m] heartache, will this [B] glass house break?
How much will [E] they take before [A] I'm empty?
Do I let [F#m] it show?
Does anybody [D#m] know?
[B] _ _
[E] But if you see [B] the real me
[C#m] Hiding in my skin, [A] broken from within
[E] Reveal me [B] completely _
[C#m] I'm loosening my grasp, [A] no need to hold back
The [F#m] frailty, cause [B] you see the [E] real [G#] me
_ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] Painted on, life is behind [C#m] a mask
[A] Self-inflicted [E] circus clown, I'm tired of the [C#m] song and dance
Live in a [F#m] charade, [E] always on [B] parade
What a mess I've made [B] of my [A] existence
But you love me even [F#m]
now, and still [E] I see [C#] somehow
[B] But if [E] you see the [B] real me
_ [C#m] Hiding in my skin, [A] broken from within
[E] Reveal me _ [B] completely
_ [C#m] I'm loosening my grasp, [A] no need to hold back
The [F#m] frailty, cause you [B] see [E] the real me
[A] Shadows of [G#m] shattered [F#m] dreams _
They [A] follow me, [B] they haunted me
[E] But [F#m] you've taken the broken [A] pieces of [C#m] my life
And helped me [B] to _ believe
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[E] Cause you see the [B] real me
[C#m] _ Hiding in my [G#m] skin, [E] broken from within
Reveal me [A] [B] completely _ _
[C#m] I'm loosening my grasp, [A] no need to hold back
[F#] My frailty, _ [B] cause you see the [E] real me
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _