Intro: Em C G D Em C G D Em C G D Leaving's hard...trust me, it's really bad Em C G It'll shake ya, damn-near break ya, it always has Am Em C You don't go until you're praying to break even, Am-C G Until staying's worse than leaving E C G D God knows we tried everything that we could do E C G You can keep your pride and blame me if you need to Am Em C Even though this freedom feels a lot like treason, Am-C G I know staying's worse than leaving C It's gotta get better, it can't get worse Em Hope it's a blessing not a curse C G D I don't care who passes judgement on my reasons Am-C G I know staying's worse than leaving C It's gotta get better, it can't get worse Em Hope it's a blessing not a curse C G D I don't care who passes judgement on my reasons Am-C G I know staying's worse than leaving Em C G D Em C G D Both our hearts let go a long time ago Em C G Words leave scars and Lord knows they heal slow Am Em C Our love died but somehow we are both still breathin' Am Em C I just hope someday we'll look back on this grievin' Am-C G and say, staying's worse than leaving Am-C G Yeah, that staying's worse than leaving (slow) Am-C Yeah, that staying's... G ...worse than leaving