{"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":52192,"song":"The Answer","artist":"Blue October","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11540390-the-answer-chords-by-blue-october/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/52192?type=chord","rating":4.74105,"votes":35,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf I can't crawl inside of you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm laughing with a broken face,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI stumble across my self-esteem,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut to picture the pleasure is making me want my space[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUnderstand that God wrapped you like a bow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut in my head, there're some shelves that need cleaning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom basement to ceiling, control, control...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf what you're seeing is an open book[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's great 'cause I'm an open book[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I'm real shy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow there's a part of me seeking[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd desperately needing to open up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's strange 'cause I'm an open book, a confused boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy heart, while in its cage[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive and not receive a thing[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut the only funny thing:\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't know how to give myself advice[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I've got this post-traumatic thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis tattoo of a ring around my wedding finger[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd that's where I want to state this claim[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I've got to learn to live and dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore I go and get myself in love, in love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBefore, before, before I go and get myself in love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's Zoloft, Welbutrin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's Paxil that's proven, no side effects[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the rest left unnamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause they worked like a charm on me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut when your savings is drying[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou can't stop from crying\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou've got to suck it up[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're not her buttercup[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou're not her favorite book[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy heart, while in its cage[/tab]\r\n\r\nGive and not receive a thing\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the only funny thing:[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't know how to give myself advice[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I've got this post-traumatic thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis tattoo of a ring around my wedding finger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's where I want to state this claim[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I've got to learn to live and dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore I go and get myself in love, in love[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBefore, before, before I go and get myself in love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nin love.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBefore, before, before I go and get myself in love[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm Em G Am\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nBut the only funny thing:\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can't stop from crying\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\nGive and not receive a thing\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm Em G Am","chords":["Am","Em","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}