Cm  D   D#  Fm  G   G#
E|-3---5---6---1---3---4-|
B|-4---7---8---1---3---4-|
G|-5---7---8---1---4---5-|
D|-5---7---8---3---5---6-|
A|-3---5---6---3---5---6-|
E|-x---x---x---1---3---4-|

[VERSE 1]
Cm
 I get down with the victim
Cm
 We both know you need them
Cm
 You're stuck in the middle
Cm
 Of all irrelevance
Cm
 And your heart is a beating
Cm
 'Cause you know that you gotta
Cm 
 Get out of the middle
Cm
 And rise to the top now


[PD-C HORUS]
G#
 When you've made it,
Fm
 Won't you tell me what to do
Cm                  D  D#
 'Cause I'm playing it all wrong
G#
 When you've made it,
Fm
 Won't you tell me what to do
Cm                         G
 Cause I'm playing it, all wrong


[CHORUS]
                       Cm
 You can't fight the friction (So, ease it off)
                    Cm
 You can't take the pressure (So, ease it off)
            Cm
 Don't tell me to be strong (So, ease it off)
                     Cm
 You can't fight the friction, so 

 Ease it off


[VERSE 2]
Cm
 And get into the system
Cm
 We both know you need one
Cm
 The tip of the needle
Cm
 It's taking over you
Cm
 And your heart is beating
Cm
 Cause you know that you gotta
Cm
 Get out of the middle
Cm
 And rise to the top now


[PD-C HORUS]
G#
 When you've made it,
Fm
 Won't you tell me what to do
Cm                  D  D#
 'Cause I'm playing it all wrong
G#
 When you've made it,
Fm
 Won't you tell me what to do
Cm                         G
 Cause I'm playing it, all wrong


[CHORUS]
                       Cm
 You can't fight the friction (So, ease it off)
                    Cm
 You can't take the pressure (So, ease it off)
            Cm
 Don't tell me to be strong (So, ease it off)
                     Cm
 You can't fight the friction, so 

 Ease it off


[BRIDGE]
G#  Fm               Cm     D D#
 Oh Why can't you let it go
                      G#
 Like a bird in the snow
            Fm                  Cm    G
 This is no place to build your home


[CHORUS]
                       Cm
 You can't fight the friction (So, ease it off)
                    Cm
 You can't take the pressure (So, ease it off)
            Cm
 Don't tell me to be strong (So, ease it off)
                     Cm
 You can't fight the friction, so 

 Ease it off
                       Cm
 You can't fight the friction (So, ease it off)
                    Cm
 You can't take the pressure (So, ease it off)
            Cm
 Don't tell me to be strong (So, ease it off)
                     Cm
 You can't fight the friction, so