I try to palm mute during the verses and play clearly for the chorus. The entire song except for the bridge follows this same chord pattern.

Slap on *
* (There is another version where there's percussion after each chord.)

Intro: D, Em, G, C *

D               * Em   *         
Maybe it's a mind thing,
G              * C   *
Maybe I'm a lost cause,
D            *  Em   *
Either way I'm tired,
      G              * C   *
Gotta gather up a life lost.

I tell myself I'm okay,
To keep myself from crying,
How am I to make a change,
If I'm never trying?

[Chorus x2:]
D             Em                   *
  If my world will never be the same,
G              C                    *
  Maybe one of these days I'll change.
D              Em                *
  Make a start forever in the pain,
G              C                    *
  Maybe one of these days I'll change.


Swimmin in an ocean,
Trying just to find out,
Hatin what I'm knownin,
And knowin what I'm all about.
If only I could change this,
If only this could change me,
Then I will be new man,
Back to when I believed.

[x2:]
If my world will never be the same,
Maybe one of these days I'll change.
Make a start in forever in the pain,
Maybe one of these days I'll change.

[Bridge:]
Am
I walked away
G
But I'm crawling back,
C
Said I'm coming full circle.
It took some time,
So many years,
But I'm coming full circle.
I wanna be free,
But talk is cheap,
Said I'm coming full circle.
The blame is me
And now I see
C(strum once)
That I ran,
I pushed away
But You, You, You stuck right by my side,
I'm changing.

[x3:]
If my world will never be the same,
Maybe one of these days I'll change.
Make a start forever in the pain,
Maybe one of these days I'll change.

Turn this life around

If my world will never be the same,
Maybe one of these days I'll change.
Make a start forever in the pain,
Maybe one of these days I'll change.