{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1517262,"song":"Coping Mechanism","artist":"Shovels & Rope","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11281111-coping-mechanism-chords-by-shovels-rope/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1517262?type=chord","rating":4.76874,"votes":26,"content":"“Coping Mechanism”\r\nby Shovels & Rope\r\n‘Swimmin’ Time’\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ve got to find a better coping mechanism[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m falling apart, disintegrating in the schism[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs it a show or is it realism[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLost and found and then I was locked up in a prison[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI better find a more suitable solution[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore I reach the most predictable conclusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo be the victim of my personal delusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust to find that I’ve been living an illusion[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say there’s just no substitute for the real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind of chemical that can make your whole body sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou can take the needle and shove it in your vein[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd call it medication to alleviate you pain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI do my best to keep the confusion to a minimum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’ll try not to be the monster of the millennium[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomeday they’ll thank us for the hell that we was givin’ em[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen all of this time we just hope we were borderline offendin’ em[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say there’s just no substitute for the real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind of chemical that can make your whole body sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nScrub it till you’re bleedin’ but you can’t scrub out the stain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLeave your mouth wide open while you’re drowning in the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPut your head down, wipe the spit out your eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAin’t nobody coming to your poor me parade[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen trouble comes to your door, what you ignoring it for[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou’ll be standing there helpless when it comes on in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey say there’s just no substitute for the real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind of chemical that’ll make your whole body sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou can test your merit, you can show it some restraint[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut in the end you’re just a predictable refrain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, ain’t nothing like the real thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe kind of chemical that’ll make your whole body sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYou can test your merit, you can show it some restraint[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut in the end you’re just a predictable refrain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile you’re poison in your brain (Cause you’re heart has been mislain)[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you’re gonna die just the same (For a dream you could not attain)[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause you drove yourself insane (And there’s nobody left to blame)[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you just carry on an complain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill you forget your name[/tab]","plain_text":"“Coping Mechanism”\nby Shovels & Rope\n‘Swimmin’ Time’\n\nG C 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