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Clife is long as fuFck
and i just waDmnna stay sharpG
Chow many ways can u Fcall
Dmwhatever i do smalGl
Cthe weird sound gEmuy
would nDmever touch a man that waGy
Ci'd rather be in the bFathroom
with a Dmnational geoGgraphic
than talk to CanyoneF
Dmhaven't you heaGrd
if you caFn't pinpoint the schmuck in the room
GITS YOU ITS YOU ITS YOU
F"its all for you"G
a kiCd with a Fpineapple head
Dmhas some kind of Ghold on my friend
Cand i dont undersFtand
Dmall i see is phonyG
"no sFhoulder" is what the road sign says
Gi remember how it felt when i was
FWITHOUT ONE
GWITHOUT ONE
***being alive***
being alGive'
i see you in everythingC
my vocabulary's limitedG
but i wanna tell it all to youC
if i cEmould would you Bmwant me to?C
bein aGlive
if i become a piece of dirtC
for Ema dollaBmr can i enCter your Gbrain?
being aliGve
Cmatters quite a bitEm
Bmeven when you
Cfeel like sAmhit
being alGive
im collapsing inwardlyC
your name Emstrikes a Bmmatch in meC
Gafter a drum solo i looked upC
GcraiCg
Emcalled Bmout to me aCfter
GsaidC
Em"maybe Bmsee you latCer?"
being aliGve
Cmatters quite a bitEm
Bmeven when you
Cfeel like sAmhit
GBEING ALIVE!!
***too dark***
i wAish i had some control
Ayou embarrass me in full
i Dfeel low low low
Di dont wanna know how flustered you Awere
Ai just wanna hear
Ayou say you were wrong
how easilDy i become not real
like a bDug you brush off your ear
you're just Adust, i'm just dAust
Aif your love was strong as my shame
Ai'd marry you and take your name
but it's nDot, you'll never get it
so i gueDss i'll just forget it
too daArk
Bmi stand Ealone
Alucky and unknownD
Bmdo i belong? do Ei belong Ddo i belongA
Bmno
Bmwhen i know Ei'm not the Abest girl in the roDom
Bmi tell myseElf i'm the besAt you can doD
Bmdo i belong Edo i belDong do i bAelong
Bmnoooooo
Bmi drink bad Ecoffee hopAe that you'll caDll me
Bmnever look baEck never Dlook back never Alook back
Bmo
Bmwhen i am bEored i crasAh up on thDe shore
Bmtoo dark toEo dark Dtoo darkA
Bmoooooo
***i look at me im happy***
Gwhen you Amdont wEmant mGe i look Amat my Embody
Cits awkward and Amdirty i Cfeel unstAmurdy
Gwhen you dAmont hoEmld my haGnd i totallAmy undEmerstand
Cyou just cant walk with ease, i Ampull it Cin my sleeveAm
and wGhen you donAmt love Emme i Glook abAmove mEme
and i taClk to my goAmd even tChough he's a dAmog
and i asGk him if i'll be okAm
and he Gsays that he was once a Amstray
and thGat was when we toAmok him Emhome
and loGved him and made hiAmm our Emown
and you'Cve done the same to Amme
which doeCsnt mean that i'm not Amfree
i donGt know what eAmlse iEmt means
as loGng as i dont bAmecome Emwe
i can staCy MEAm
i am hapCpyAm
i look aCt meAm
i am haCppyAm
i am jCust meAm
Gi am hapAmpyEm
Gso diffeAmrentlEmy
***embody***
F#msome day iEn bravery
Di'll embody all the grace aAnd lightness
Aeverybody underDstands meA
Abut i wish nobodDy understood Ame
F#mso you couEld be the one who did
Dembody all the grace and liAghtness
Athe world is prDetty bigA
Aits cool we fit Don itA
F#mit makes mEe wanna grow
Dso i can go see moreA
Asarah is a lighDtbeamA
Afrom the picturDe jonah sent mAe
F#mit makes mEe so happy
Dshe embodies all the grace Aand lightness
Aits sunday nighDt and my frienAds are friDendsA
F#mwith my frEiends it shows me
Dthey embody all the grace aAnd lightness
Aflorist signs aDre everywhereA
Aemily is in the DairA
F#mon tour wiEth gabby
Dwe'll embody all the grace Aand lightness
***the suckers corner***
alDl of the Asuckers are stGanding in one corner
anDd i'm rigAht there with Gthem it's not that we're loners
we Dall stanAd together cauGse in the world
thDere's sucAkers and thereG's jerks
anDd temptatAion doesn't stGrike the sucker
we Dall just Aget fucked ovGer
fuDck it sucAkers should be Gproud
weD're the oAnly good peoplGe around
caDuse temptAation doesn't Gstrike the sucker
we Dall just Aget fucked ovGer
D
***theory of mind****
Gi know now
Gi was too young to think how
Cyou had had a past
Gmaybe you were affected by that
Gyou called me 4 in the morning
Gtalkin bout 2 abortions
Ci had just turned 16
Gi didn't know what you meant
Gand when i met you
Gyou were the age i am now
Cyour girlfriend has just moved out
Gof the apartment where
Gyou said so much BmnothingAm
Gthe place that we Bmwere fuckAming
Gwas probably sacrBmed for somAmething
***am i wrong that you want me***
Cam i wrong that you Fwant me
Cthe questions that hFaunt me
Caffirms glintingF
Cthe love i was hintiFng
Geverywhere i look is Fsadness
Gall i seem to feel iFs badness
Geverywhere i look is Fsadness
Galways seems like yoFu're the baddest
Clook what you do to Fme
Ceverybody can seeF
Cand it shows on my fFace
Cin a well lit placeF
Geverywhere i look is Fsadness
Galways seems like yoFu're the baddest
Geverywhere i look is Fsadness
Gall i seem to feel iFs badness
Cam i wrong that you Fwant me?
Cthe questions that hFaunt me
Caffirms glintingF
Cthe love i was hintiFng
***learning (round 2)***
Ai am a car on Da patch of grasEs
Ai am a hair on Da hairless catE
Ai am the sky tDhat invented blEue
Ai am a love whDo isn't youE
A"i see your beDauty in other mEen"
Awe'll never knDow just what it Emeant
Ai see your beaDuty in other meEn
Aand i try not Dto dream of theEm
Ai feel so badD
Ai never felt tDhis bad
Ai feel so badD
Ai never felt tDhis bad
Atour is scary Dand its hard to Estay strong
Ait might help Dif i could call Eyou on the phone
Aand hear a friDends voice that Eisnt my own
Abeing surroundDed is like beinEg alone
Aand there i waDs on the window Esill
Aoutside your rDoom in pleasantEville
Awith your shirDt on as a nightEgown
Alooking for a Dway outta that Etown
Aand all i have Dis you
Aand you are of Dno use
Aand all i have Dis you
Aand you are of Dno use
Ai learned how Dto love from yoEu
Ato carefully fDollow from the Eroom
Atoo tired of bDeing strewn aloEng
Abored from beiDng done all wroEng
Ayou showed me Dhow to make a sEound
Ayou taught me Dthat the earth Ewas round
Abut that i'm rDound too, can bEounce at any time
Ai bounced from Dbeing yours to Ebeing mine
Aand now Di'm strong, Anow i'm strongD
Athanks fDor doing me Aso wrongD
***trigger/tour good***
Awhat is entaiEled in beinBmg human?
Adoes anyone oEwe anyone aBmnything?
Atheres someonEe i dont haBmte who
Ajust makes me Ehate youBm
Ai get soapy hEeartedBm
Aremembering yEour actions Bmi've charted
Ait all comes Edown to proBmof
Aim loathing i Ewant truthBm
Ai start to feel that feelEingBm
Ait always comes about a wEeek Bmin
Ai carry equipmentE Bm
Aget zen with itE Bm
Ai can leave eEveryone aloBmne
Aso they can hEave their fBmun
Aim a social cEaterpillarBm
Aeverything i Esay is fillBmer
Aand its ok if Eno one can Bmsurmise
Aim really greEat inside Bmim really great inside
A
***u****
im a sucker 4 u 2F
Cim lookiEng for Fclues
Cas to whEy im alFive and im not gonna lose
Ci will tEry til Fi die
Cthe dark Eis strFonger than the love
Ca strangEer leadFs me from the tub
Cthe hot Eone witFh the rain inside
Cyouve wrEitten oFf it in a lie
Cas for tEhe shit Finside me
Ci cant fEeel it Fhardly
Cthe only Escars Fyou can see
Care acciEdents iFncidentally
Cright whBmen i Flose my high
Cits a biBmrthdaFy we say "time flies"
Cbut its Bmnot tFrue cause time moves slow
Cit moves Bmfor Fyou to have time to grow
Cbut growBmth enFds too just like a day
Cat the eBmnd of Fit all you can do is say
CFUCK EM!E F
CFUCK EM!E F
***pure poison***
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Flife is a rGoad
every tCown Bis Ea hoG#me
Fi just wannGa be self CmaiBntaEininG#g
Fi just wannGa stop coCmplaBiniEngG#
Fi only exisGt by compCarisBonE G#
Fi only mattGer with cConteBxtE G#
AdriviG#n up Fto garrison
GsCad iBs nEot tG#hat complex
A B CoooDooooo
Foutside and Ginside are the sCameB E G#
Fyou got me Gfeeling soft like CraiBnE G#
Fi thought tGhere was only one CkinBd oEf boG#ring
F G C(chord)
but some people are pure poison
***actin' weird***
(don't play chords just play notes)
Gmy body's sendin out some shiCt
anDd i AcaDnnoAt kDeep AtrCack of it
Gi remember feeling like alienCs
we DweAre DcotAtonDbalAls Cdipped in sand
Gisnt it weird how we have groCwn
so DfaAr aDparAtD A C
Gnow i dont know you at all yoCure
juDst Aa nDame Aon Dmy AgcChat bar
Gjoejoe you were in my dream C
alDive AanDd fAaciDng AawaCy from me
Gi can't tell how i feelC
evDeryAbodDy's AacDtin AweCird
GACTIN WAEIRDC D A D A
ACTIN CWEIDRDA D A
ACTIN CWEIDRDA D A
ACTIN CWEIRD
G
***correctly demo****
(don't play chords just play notes)
Gi don't waCnna learn hDow to lovCe you
Gi want you Cto learn hDow to lovCe me
GCORRECTLYC D C
Gwithout a CgameD C
Gi forget hCow to playD C
Gi wanna stCrip you of Dyour poweCr and show you the way
G C D C(wanna get a coffee with me?)
G
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Affirms Glinting
by Frankie Cosmos
Chords in this song · guitar
C
F
Dm
G
Em
Bm
Am
A
D
E
F#m
B
G#
All songs in standard tuning
C F
life is long as fuck
Dm G
and i just wanna stay sharp
C F
how many ways can u call
Dm G
whatever i do small
C Em
the weird sound guy
Dm G
would never touch a man that way
C F
i'd rather be in the bathroom
Dm G
with a national geographic
C F
than talk to anyone
Dm G
haven't you heard
F
if you can't pinpoint the schmuck in the room
G
ITS YOU ITS YOU ITS YOU
F G
"its all for you"
C F
a kid with a pineapple head
Dm G
has some kind of hold on my friend
C F
and i dont understand
Dm G
all i see is phony
F
"no shoulder" is what the road sign says
G
i remember how it felt when i was
F
WITHOUT ONE
G
WITHOUT ONE
***being alive***
G
being alive'
C
i see you in everything
G
my vocabulary's limited
C
but i wanna tell it all to you
Em Bm C
if i could would you want me to?
G
bein alive
C
if i become a piece of dirt
Em Bm C G
for a dollar can i enter your brain?
G
being alive
C Em
matters quite a bit
Bm
even when you
C Am
feel like shit
G
being alive
C
im collapsing inwardly
Em Bm C
your name strikes a match in me
G C
after a drum solo i looked up
G C
craig
Em Bm C
called out to me after
G C
said
Em Bm C
"maybe see you later?"
G
being alive
C Em
matters quite a bit
Bm
even when you
C Am
feel like shit
G
BEING ALIVE!!
***too dark***
A
i wish i had some control
A
you embarrass me in full
D
i feel low low low
D A
i dont wanna know how flustered you were
A
i just wanna hear
A
you say you were wrong
D
how easily i become not real
D
like a bug you brush off your ear
A A
you're just dust, i'm just dust
A
if your love was strong as my shame
A
i'd marry you and take your name
D
but it's not, you'll never get it
D
so i guess i'll just forget it
A
too dark
Bm E
i stand alone
A D
lucky and unknown
Bm E D A
do i belong? do i belong do i belong
Bm
no
Bm E A D
when i know i'm not the best girl in the room
Bm E A D
i tell myself i'm the best you can do
Bm E D A
do i belong do i belong do i belong
Bm
noooooo
Bm E A D
i drink bad coffee hope that you'll call me
Bm E D A
never look back never look back never look back
Bm
o
Bm E A D
when i am bored i crash up on the shore
Bm E D A
too dark too dark too dark
Bm
oooooo
***i look at me im happy***
G Am Em G Am Em
when you dont want me i look at my body
C Am C Am
its awkward and dirty i feel unsturdy
G Am Em G Am Em
when you dont hold my hand i totally understand
C Am C Am
you just cant walk with ease, i pull it in my sleeve
G Am Em G Am Em
and when you dont love me i look above me
C Am C Am
and i talk to my god even though he's a dog
G Am
and i ask him if i'll be ok
G Am
and he says that he was once a stray
G Am Em
and that was when we took him home
G Am Em
and loved him and made him our own
C Am
and you've done the same to me
C Am
which doesnt mean that i'm not free
G Am Em
i dont know what else it means
G Am Em
as long as i dont become we
C Am
i can stay ME
C Am
i am happy
C Am
i look at me
C Am
i am happy
C Am
i am just me
G Am Em
i am happy
G Am Em
so differently
***embody***
F#m E
some day in bravery
D A
i'll embody all the grace and lightness
A D A
everybody understands me
A D A
but i wish nobody understood me
F#m E
so you could be the one who did
D A
embody all the grace and lightness
A D A
the world is pretty big
A D A
its cool we fit on it
F#m E
it makes me wanna grow
D A
so i can go see more
A D A
sarah is a lightbeam
A D A
from the picture jonah sent me
F#m E
it makes me so happy
D A
she embodies all the grace and lightness
A D A D A
its sunday night and my friends are friends
F#m E
with my friends it shows me
D A
they embody all the grace and lightness
A D A
florist signs are everywhere
A D A
emily is in the air
F#m E
on tour with gabby
D A
we'll embody all the grace and lightness
***the suckers corner***
D A G
all of the suckers are standing in one corner
D A G
and i'm right there with them it's not that we're loners
D A G
we all stand together cause in the world
D A G
there's suckers and there's jerks
D A G
and temptation doesn't strike the sucker
D A G
we all just get fucked over
D A G
fuck it suckers should be proud
D A G
we're the only good people around
D A G
cause temptation doesn't strike the sucker
D A G
we all just get fucked over
D
***theory of mind****
G
i know now
G
i was too young to think how
C
you had had a past
G
maybe you were affected by that
G
you called me 4 in the morning
G
talkin bout 2 abortions
C
i had just turned 16
G
i didn't know what you meant
G
and when i met you
G
you were the age i am now
C
your girlfriend has just moved out
G
of the apartment where
G Bm Am
you said so much nothing
G Bm Am
the place that we were fucking
G Bm Am
was probably sacred for something
***am i wrong that you want me***
C F
am i wrong that you want me
C F
the questions that haunt me
C F
affirms glinting
C F
the love i was hinting
G F
everywhere i look is sadness
G F
all i seem to feel is badness
G F
everywhere i look is sadness
G F
always seems like you're the baddest
C F
look what you do to me
C F
everybody can see
C F
and it shows on my face
C F
in a well lit place
G F
everywhere i look is sadness
G F
always seems like you're the baddest
G F
everywhere i look is sadness
G F
all i seem to feel is badness
C F
am i wrong that you want me?
C F
the questions that haunt me
C F
affirms glinting
C F
the love i was hinting
***learning (round 2)***
A D E
i am a car on a patch of grass
A D E
i am a hair on a hairless cat
A D E
i am the sky that invented blue
A D E
i am a love who isn't you
A D E
"i see your beauty in other men"
A D E
we'll never know just what it meant
A D E
i see your beauty in other men
A D E
and i try not to dream of them
A D
i feel so bad
A D
i never felt this bad
A D
i feel so bad
A D
i never felt this bad
A D E
tour is scary and its hard to stay strong
A D E
it might help if i could call you on the phone
A D E
and hear a friends voice that isnt my own
A D E
being surrounded is like being alone
A D E
and there i was on the window sill
A D E
outside your room in pleasantville
A D E
with your shirt on as a nightgown
A D E
looking for a way outta that town
A D
and all i have is you
A D
and you are of no use
A D
and all i have is you
A D
and you are of no use
A D E
i learned how to love from you
A D E
to carefully follow from the room
A D E
too tired of being strewn along
A D E
bored from being done all wrong
A D E
you showed me how to make a sound
A D E
you taught me that the earth was round
A D E
but that i'm round too, can bounce at any time
A D E
i bounced from being yours to being mine
A D A D
and now i'm strong, now i'm strong
A D A D
thanks for doing me so wrong
***trigger/tour good***
A E Bm
what is entailed in being human?
A E Bm
does anyone owe anyone anything?
A E Bm
theres someone i dont hate who
A E Bm
just makes me hate you
A E Bm
i get soapy hearted
A E Bm
remembering your actions i've charted
A E Bm
it all comes down to proof
A E Bm
im loathing i want truth
A E Bm
i start to feel that feeling
A E Bm
it always comes about a week in
A E Bm
i carry equipment
A E Bm
get zen with it
A E Bm
i can leave everyone alone
A E Bm
so they can have their fun
A E Bm
im a social caterpillar
A E Bm
everything i say is filler
A E Bm
and its ok if no one can surmise
A E Bm
im really great inside im really great inside
A
***u****
F
im a sucker 4 u 2
C E F
im looking for clues
C E F
as to why im alive and im not gonna lose
C E F
i will try til i die
C E F
the dark is stronger than the love
C E F
a stranger leads me from the tub
C E F
the hot one with the rain inside
C E F
youve written of it in a lie
C E F
as for the shit inside me
C E F
i cant feel it hardly
C E F
the only scars you can see
C E F
are accidents incidentally
C Bm F
right when i lose my high
C Bm F
its a birthday we say "time flies"
C Bm F
but its not true cause time moves slow
C Bm F
it moves for you to have time to grow
C Bm F
but growth ends too just like a day
C Bm F
at the end of it all you can do is say
C E F
FUCK EM!
C E F
FUCK EM!
***pure poison***
(don't play chords just play notes)
F G
life is a road
C B E G#
every town is a home
F G C B E G#
i just wanna be self maintaining
F G C B E G#
i just wanna stop complaining
F G C B E G#
i only exist by comparison
F G C B E G#
i only matter with context
A G# F
drivin up to garrison
G C B E G#
sad is not that complex
A B C D
oooooooo
F G C B E G#
outside and inside are the same
F G C B E G#
you got me feeling soft like rain
F G C B E G#
i thought there was only one kind of boring
F G C
(chord)
but some people are pure poison
***actin' weird***
(don't play chords just play notes)
G C
my body's sendin out some shit
D A D A D A C
and i cannot keep track of it
G C
i remember feeling like aliens
D A D A D A C
we were cottonballs dipped in sand
G C
isnt it weird how we have grown
D A D A D A C
so far apart
G C
now i dont know you at all youre
D A D A D A C
just a name on my gchat bar
G C
joejoe you were in my dream
D A D A D A C
alive and facing away from me
G C
i can't tell how i feel
D A D A D A C
everybody's actin weird
G A C D A D A
ACTIN WEIRD
C D A D A
ACTIN WEIRD
C D A D A
ACTIN WEIRD
C
ACTIN WEIRD
G
***correctly demo****
(don't play chords just play notes)
G C D C
i don't wanna learn how to love you
G C D C
i want you to learn how to love me
G C D C
CORRECTLY
G C D C
without a game
G C D C
i forget how to play
G C D C
i wanna strip you of your power and show you the way
G C D C
(wanna get a coffee with me?)
G
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