Half a step

Here are the chords as they are used in the song:

: [07978x]

: [x7777x]

: [x577xx]

: [xx578x]

: [x355xx]

: [7998xx]

: [79787x]

Intro

At the end of each of the first three intro bars there's this little guitar fill-in:

Verse 1

Wish I was too dead to cry

 My self-affliction fades

Stones to throw at my creator

Masochists to which I cater

Chorus

You don't need to bother;

I don't need to be

I'll keep slipping farther

 But once I hold on,

I won't let go 'til it bleeds

Intro

Verse 2

Wish I was too dead to care

If indeed I cared at all

Never had a voice to protest

So you fed me shit to digest

Bridge

I wish I had a reason;

my flaws are open season

For this, I gave up trying

One good turn deserves my dying

Chorus

Verse 3

Wish I'd died instead of lived

A zombie hides my face

Shell forgotten

with its memories

Diaries left

with cryptic entries

Chorus

You don't need to bother;

I don't need to be

I'll keep slipping farther

But once I hold on:

I'll never live down my deceit