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The whole song follows the progression
|  F#- - - | - - - - |  B- - - |  Abm- - - |
 F#You were well dressed. Some kid called you 
B"fresh to death" and I
Abmjust left 
Through the F#back door thinking, "Oh hell, 
I Bwanna wanna go Abmhome."
But it's F#like you never left, yeah your rotten 
Bscents is on my rotting breathAbm  
F#and it's scaring everyone to death 
and off like a Bflame to the neck.
Like a Abmlit cigarette, 
you're F#killing me with every breath,
And every Bbreath's another regret.Abm  
You're a cF#igarette.
Yeah, you're Bcancer in a fucking stick.Abm  
F#And I'm sick of being chained down, 
of being Bchained down in this townAbm  
Like F#everyone else around, 
hands in my Bpocket, always looking Abmdown.
I'm sick of overF#priced books.
Sick of the Bclassrooms filled with Abmnothing but dirty looks.
I'm F#sick of hating everything. 
I'm sick of eBvery song I'll ever siAbmng.
But I F#know, yeah I know there's gotta be more
Than Ball that surrounds me, aAbmll I abhor.
Like these F#frat kids in snapbacks with letters of their backpacks
BSewn on like a fucking badge. AbmOh, please kill me
F#Or just promise me that theres something more 
And Btell me it's waiting Abmout my front door.
I F#swear I would start today.
Oh, if Bonly I could stop the raAbmin.

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For The Boats

by State Lines

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Abm

Standard

The whole song follows the progression

F# B Abm

| - - - | - - - - | - - - | - - - |

You were well dressed. Some kid called you

"fresh to death" and I

Abm

just left

Through the back door thinking, "Oh hell,

B Abm

I wanna wanna go home."

But it's like you never left, yeah your rotten

B Abm

scents is on my rotting breath

and it's scaring everyone to death

and off like a flame to the neck.

Abm

Like a lit cigarette,

you're killing me with every breath,

B Abm

And every breath's another regret.

You're a cigarette.

B Abm

Yeah, you're cancer in a fucking stick.

And I'm sick of being chained down,

B Abm

of being chained down in this town

Like everyone else around,

B Abm

hands in my pocket, always looking down.

I'm sick of overpriced books.

B Abm

Sick of the classrooms filled with nothing but dirty looks.

I'm sick of hating everything.

B Abm

I'm sick of every song I'll ever sing.

But I know, yeah I know there's gotta be more

B Abm

Than all that surrounds me, all I abhor.

Like these frat kids in snapbacks with letters of their backpacks

B Abm

Sewn on like a fucking badge. Oh, please kill me

Or just promise me that theres something more

B Abm

And tell me it's waiting out my front door.

I swear I would start today.

B Abm

Oh, if only I could stop the rain.

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