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** Gm (3 5 5 4 x x)
- Intro: Bm
BmI'm sorry that it took Aso long Gto write this soDng
But I gave Aup
BmYou see one million woArds can't Gdescribe how it Dfeels
To know your F#love
Where did I go Gwrong?
I should have Atold you from the start
That I'm F#closer than you think when we're BmapartA
GNothing that I've tried is as Gmsimple as this line
Without Dyou my live is Bmincomplete
My days are Aabsolutely GgrayGm
And so I Dtry
to let your heart Bmknow for sure that I have Aso much
To tell you Gevery Asingle dBmay
- Post-Chorus: Bm G D A
BmI swear I'm giving Aup my Ginside to the Done
That I Aadore
BmI know this world is Abig enoGugh for you and DI
But I'll give you F#more
I'm coming home toGday
To wipe the Atear drops from your eyes
I'm F#totally enamored by your BmlifeA
GNothing that I've done has Gmever been for one
Without Dyou my live is Bmincomplete
My days are Aabsolutely GgrayGm
And so I Dtry
to let your heart Bmknow for sure that I have Aso much
To tell you Gevery Asingle dDay
Chorus :
My life is Bmincomplete
My rights are Aabsolutely GwrongGm
So wake me Dup
Before you Bmleave today something I Aneed to say
"Cause there will be Gnothing Awhen you're Dgone"
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Unlucky DmseventeenC, C/Balready handed plans foCr the futurC/BeAm
GGlamour Fobsessed, told how to Gdress, and shown how to Cthink
And I don't Dmhave a job, CbC/But I can show you how to Cbe a slobC/B Am
GSo many Fdays, wasted and gGlazed
Sometimes I Amlaugh Asus2aloud as FI think about,
You Casking me "Please can you helpD?"
Can't help Fmy selfG
I'm not your savioCr, I'm not who you Gwant me to be
A Fcowardly mistake I've made so many Gtimes before, refusing to Cbreak
Cut my losses Emties them with you, like a Fgood boy I'll pretendFm
FmAnd promise not to do it again
- Post-Chorus: C C/B Am G F G
C C
Do you Dmremember wheCn, C/Blife was so simple aCnd permaneC/Bnt?Am
GEveryone's Fchanged, "Everyone's Gcool", Everyone suckAms
But Asus2I can't Fseem to complain, CExciting and new is just not therDe
You're getting sFcaredG
I'm not your Csavior, never thought I Gwas anyway
I'm a Fvoid with empty promises that Gbacks out late
Never said I'd Cchange, taking back the Emwords that we spoke
Like a Ffuel tank running dry, Fmyou'll believe it when I choke
- Ending: C Em F G C Em F G C Em F G(until fades)
you'll believe it when I choke
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C#Yesterday becoAmes tomorrow leaEves you wanting moBre
So inF#mtricate becomeAs the bathroom flooErG#
And evC#en though you're in Aa ditch you diEg a deeper hoBle
And I'F#mm a shovel it's out Aof my controBlA
Promised a chEange didn't hear a word from you don't hC#old me back
The eAxit isn't somewhere in my heBart
A promise of EpaBaaaAin G#we're back to the staC#rt
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C#The reason that I stAill persist it's oEbvious I cBare
F#mBeen waiting by your doAor with no one therEeG#
C#It seems that you are lAocked inside my kEey don't fit no Bmore
F#mAnd you're walking on the lanAdmines you laid dBown beforeA
Promised a chEange didn't hear a word from you don't hC#old me back
The eAxit isn't somewhere in my heBart
EDidn't hear a word from you don't hold me bC#ack
The eAxit isn't somewhere in my heBart
Promised you PEaaaaBaaaaAain
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**Capo 1st**
Intro:
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Verse:
HerEme's another, drCink to cover
EveGry word you sDay
FinEme excuses, It wCasn't you then
SorGry, my mistDake
Chorus:
So Chere comes the Empart
WheDre the stunt double plays
YoCu ask somebodEmy else to take the fDall and blame
Verse 2:
BuEmilding bridges, PlCaying with matches
BuGrning yourself dDown
FiEmnd the exit, BeCfore they get it
TaGke the easy Dway out
Chorus:
So Chere comes the Empart
WheDre your stunt double plays
YoCu have someboEmdy else I think we iDmitate
So Chere comes the Empart
WheDre your stunt double plays
You Cask someboEmdy else to take the fDall and blame
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EmShe was confCused and
aGbused in this liDfe
EmEmotional and vCiolent moments
GSeemed to take the lDongest time
EmEvery single knCockout dragout
GFight they ever hDad
Emhe starts to laugh he stCarts to lie
with SGuddenly psychoDtic eyes.
CEvery night she crDied herself
to sleEmep she didn't recoBmgnize
CHer own face in the mirDror black and blEmue
Cso afraid IntiDmidation
Emlike a child she hBmides away
he would alCways try to juDstify
what wasn't tEmrueC G D
Justified black eEmyeC G D
EmTaken for gCranted
she sleGeps by the phDone
Emwaiting for a cCall from him
but it seGems he's never coDming home
Em14 beers lCater
He is theGre without an anDswer
EmOnce again she quCestions his lies
he goGes to bed with nDo reply
CTomorrow morning difDferent story
aEmnd he'll be a difBmferent guy
he'll jCustify her bDlack eye with anEmother lie
She Cpacks her bags in grDeat temptation
he´s Emon his knees again Bmhe cries
a hCug & a kiss and a don'Dt know why
as a tEmear drops from her swollen eye
ApBmologies until tonight and another
Justified black EmeyeC G D
Justified black EmeyeC G D D D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
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** Capo 1st
- Intro: D#m
EmI'll see you on the outside
CAnd we'll never be the same
AAfter all that's happened
BWhat it is that we've gained?
EmI've made mistakes before
CAnd never lived them down
GAfter all you've Ddone for me I'Bm bound
B(Don't say another word)
CTo see you on the outsGide
Where we can both feel shameD
D(You're speaking for yourseClf)
I am bleeding on the insidGe
A place you might have beeDn
But now I know CI'll never Gbe the sBame
EmI heard you got a new place
CAnd it's far away from here
AReality has sunken in now
BConfirming all my fears
EmI am not gonna drag you down
CBut it's too late to stop
GThinking about the tiDme that we have Blost
(I am happy without yoCu)
I am trying to forget yGou
And everything we've haDd
(We didn't stand a chanCce)
When miserable it is trGue
We haven't learned a thiDng
But now I know CI'll trust no Gone eBlse
CThere was a time Gwhen we were back and Dforth
DIt wasn't easy
CI guess we're back Gwhere we bDelong
FOne thing is for sure it wasnD't strCong
CI'll see you on the ouGtside
Where we can both feel saDne
(You've never been more rigCht)
I am dying on the insiGde
You're never coming baDck
And now I know whatCever Gwe go thrBough
My heart is stuck with youEm Em C C A A B B Em
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- Intro: D
The sDtory it grows older, tDhe story is no story here
DI never knew what it is, and tDhere`s no sign of it ending
As DI am it and ought to be, they`re Bmtelling me I am
EmThey`re telling me I am
GTelling mAe
DBowling raAce car driver, GsuperficAial hitman yDou`re
On the Alist at every Gdoor, you don`t bAowl or race fast Dcars
CompBmosition comGpetition you dArive
- Intrumental: D
DJust because I don`t go, Dto the church where you reside
DI might as well forget it, Dthe nineties won`t be back again
BmUntil i`m forty-eight years old
DI can be the hungry, Das i eat my words again, appealing yet apalling
DRising to my falling, I`m going to extreme ends, I`m Bmgagging on their scene
EmI`m gagging on their scene
GI`m gagging oAn
DBowling raAce car driver, GsuperficAial hitman yDou`re
On the Alist at every Gdoor, you don`t bAowl or race fast Dcars
CompBmosition comGpetition you sAhift
IBm`m the driF#ver, Gover tAime in it`s deBmfense, I move their cF#arG
And for a mAoment it makes Bmsense, but I F#fail them in the eGnd (I fail tAhem in the Dend)
- Instrumental : D A G A
D A G A
D
DIn the arms of old age, kDnowing only one to lose
DFeeling nothing more to hide, Dconsider life a forgery
DAs you`re gagging on your scene, Bmadmit to fraudulence
EmDriven to this thought, rGesigned to go that Away
DBowling raAce car driver, GsuperficAial hitman yDou`re
On the Alist at every Gdoor, you don`t bAowl or race fast Dcars
CompBmosition comGpetition you dArive
DcompetitioAn CGompetition Im lAosing
DI fail theAm in the eGnd
AI fail it in the eDnd
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EI am just anBother fool and C#mI have to keep teAlling myself that
EI am just a Bhypocrite and I C#mhave to keep calAling you on
ECause I forgot Bto bite my tongue and C#mmy assumption it is the Amother of all mistEakes.
EBut I asG#msume the role, opeAn my mouth and cAlumsy wBords escEape
ESo why ya, Dwanna be therC#me, when you could be hereCm, you are sBlipping awaEy.
EI awake to yBour replacement a bottle C#min my mouth, in an Aunfamiliar place.
ECause you put me outB, the butt of a sick jokeC#m, Into this ashtray life, Aas you come and go.
ECause I forgBot to service yoC#mu and we broke down and you can't lAive with my mistEakes.
EBut I asG#msume false grace, opAen my arms, and gArasp for sBomething trEue
EHow are you? DHow have you been? C#mGirl I miss you, Awanna sBee you agaEin
ESo why ya, Dwanna be there, C#mwhen you could be here, Ayou are slBipping awaEy.
- Intrumental: E E B B C#m C#m A A
E E B B C#m C#m A B
EI bring out the wBorst in you C#mand you try to let me knAow.
EYou bring out the woBrst in meC#m, anxiety, Aanxiety.
EI'm trying hBard to let you go, C#mbut you say that I'm giAving you the crEeeps.
EBut I asG#msume the role, open Amy claws and grAasp for yoBur heart.E
EHow are you? DHow have you been? C#mGirl I miss you, Awanna kBill you agEain.
EInto you, Dlike a mortal stake, C#mso vindictive, Cyour love's slBipping awEay
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- Intro: F#m A D C#m
F#m A D C#m
In this fF#maltering nation
The fuAture belongs
To the chDildren in school
There's sC#momething wrong
Sixth gF#mrader on crack
HandAgun overflowing in his haDnds
Now he is C#mjust further demand
F#mWe search for the soDurce
AAnd still that cC#mhild is left watching
F#mInhumanity, bloodsDhed
As the tAele-violence fDeeds his head
F#mOnly if G#he kAnew
The conDsequence of grC#meed
A cF#montious sG#tate of mAind
DT.V. is not C#mreality
- Intro: F#m A D C#m
F#m A D C#m
F#m D D C#m
F#mNever a victim the rAole model said
DBang bang, the C#mbad guy is dead
F#mAlways a rockstar on eAmpty T.V.
The lesson cDomplete, now the cC#mhild has needs
Of cF#mompetition they blDeed
Oh beAautiful for bC#mills of green
NeF#mvermind spacious skDies overhead
Bleed the eAarth and butter your bC#mread
F#mOnly if G#he kAnew
The conDsequence of grC#meed
A cF#montious sG#tate of mAind
DWhat he see's is C#mnot reality
F#m ATD.V. is not C#mreality
F#m ATD.V. is not C#mreality
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DI hope you dAidn't miBmnd when I Asaw yGou
GTurn into nDothing less than nothing nF#ew
F#Before you wBmait Ato slDeep Ait oGff
GHow little Dis enough?
DWhat can you F#do?
F#Before you decBmide to Amake the lDast mistAake
WitGhdraw away from Dus
ADnd say goodF#bye
F#To all but Bmone tAhat tDakes yAou
Gand puts you to Drest
D F# Bm G A
On D27th Street nothing will kAeep you warm
AEverything Embring you harm
EmEverything hGere fails yAou
Now Dlying at your feet
DEveryone nAails you
AEveryone Emworships you
EmEveryone hGere fails yAou
DI can fAigure it oBmut and it's Aall about tGo
TGurn into lDack of wit on sinking sF#hips
F#I might have juBmmped
BAut yDou juAmped fiGrst
GAbandon tDies that bind
DThere's no salvF#ation here
F#I'd surely Bmmiss the Atimes when wDe were sAo depreGssed
GNo, I miss yDou.
DI know I miss F#you
F#And you are BmmissiAng sDometAhingG
A D F#
GYou take a Arip and then you fF#ind sedation
BmSome salvation, mGasochistic, it's Aonly point of vDiew
DNothing is lCeft to you
CEveryone spEmeaks the truths
EmEveryone hGere fails Ame
D A Em G A
DHope you dAidn't mBmind when I Csaw yDou
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** G6 (3 2 0 0 0 x)
Am F C G6G6* G6 Am F
It's negative I wish you the worst dear,
C G6G6* G6 Am F
to feel the greatest pain a positive
C G6G6* G6 Am F
you say it's all in vain I know I felt,
C G6G6* G6 F
and I won't feel again I know you
FHours of mCadness
AmYears of dysfGunction
FThe deepest emCbitterment
AmNo will to strive Gor achieve
FFinally in bCreakdown
AmPerpetual fall Gon your knFees
FAs you craEwl back to me
- Post-Chorus: Am F C G6
It ends like tAmhisF
C G6G6* G6 Am F
I can hope for bliss,
C G6G6* G6 Am F
If you fail again, 'cause I'm right here
C G6G6* G6 Am F
to witness every step and when you trip
I will cCherish G6it
FHours of mCadness
AmYears of dysfGunction
FThe deepest emCbitterment
AmNo will to strive Gor achieve
FFinally in bCreakdown
AmPerpetual fall Gon your knFees
FAs you craEwl back to me
- Instrumental :
Am Am Am Am Am
Am Am Am Am E E
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Am Am Am E F F
F F C C C E E
Am Am Am E F F
F F C C C E E Am Am
- Bridge:
AmI live to wGatch you fail
FI live to wGatch you fail
AmI live to wGatch you fail
FI am the wiEnd in your sailAm F
- Verse 3:
C G6G6* G6 Am F
I wish you the worst dear
to feel the grCeatest pG6ain
G6* G6 Am F
'cause I'm right here
C G6G6* G6 Am F
to retrieve all you stole, every tear
and everytChing you G6own
G6* G6 F
I wish you...
- Chorus:
FHours of mCadness
AmYears of dysfGunction
FThe deepest emCbitterment
Amno will to trust aGnyone
Fthis is how CI lived
Amthis is how you lGeft me bFlue
and I'd crEawl back to Amyou
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Tabbed by: JimBlenderBR
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12. Violet
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FTonight the drunks Gare infected
A#We're Con our Fway
As if they drop Gby to see me
A#Un-inCvit-Fed
A#And I Cam a wallfloFwer
Maybe a bGetter father
A#This is a Cjob
FFor seconds I mGiss the Bentleys
A#Today, maCybe they'll Fcall
FYou describe Gevery prison
A#You pass tChrough them Fall
A#Then he Casked you for yFour head
And I vA7owed to burn your Dmbed
Try to pGretend but this iA#s your life
CSomehow it feels right
FI'm calling this evolution
CI'm falling for institution
DmWarm submisCsion enveloping yA#ou
FTomorrow I'll survive the questions
CKnives buried with cold indifference
DmMy world is tCrue. Rendered by A#you.
HA7ere they come A#again
A#I could nCever find the wordsF
So I diA7sguised them in vA#erse
Until it cComes out dumb and wrFong
The simplest A7song
A#If you sing aClong
FMarry me Kristen, A#marry me Kristen; I Gwant to be the only onCe
FI'm painting a revolution
CI'm falling for institution
DmWarm colours Cenveloping blueA#
FShot of comfort in a warm convention
CMedicinal injection
DmThirty-six yCears ended by yA#ou
FTonight the drunks Gare infected
A#We're Con our Fway
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** Gm (3 5 5 4 x x)
Bm
- Intro:
Bm A G D
I'm sorry that it took so long to write this song
A
But I gave up
Bm A G D
You see one million words can't describe how it feels
F#
To know your love
G
Where did I go wrong?
A
I should have told you from the start
F# Bm A
That I'm closer than you think when we're apart
G Gm
Nothing that I've tried is as simple as this line
D Bm
Without you my live is incomplete
A G Gm
My days are absolutely gray
D
And so I try
Bm A
to let your heart know for sure that I have so much
G A Bm
To tell you every single day
Bm G D A
- Post-Chorus:
Bm A G D
I swear I'm giving up my inside to the one
A
That I adore
Bm A G D
I know this world is big enough for you and I
F#
But I'll give you more
G
I'm coming home today
A
To wipe the tear drops from your eyes
F# Bm A
I'm totally enamored by your life
G Gm
Nothing that I've done has ever been for one
D Bm
Without you my live is incomplete
A G Gm
My days are absolutely gray
D
And so I try
Bm A
to let your heart know for sure that I have so much
G A D
To tell you every single day
Chorus :
Bm
My life is incomplete
A G Gm
My rights are absolutely wrong
D
So wake me up
Bm A
Before you leave today something I need to say
G A D
"Cause there will be nothing when you're gone"
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Dm C C/B C C/B Am
Unlucky seventeen, already handed plans for the future
G F G C
Glamour obsessed, told how to dress, and shown how to think
Dm C C/B C C/B Am
And I don't have a job, but I can show you how to be a slob
G F G
So many days, wasted and glazed
Am Asus2 F
Sometimes I laugh aloud as I think about,
C D
You asking me "Please can you help?"
F G
Can't help my self
C G
I'm not your savior, I'm not who you want me to be
F G C
A cowardly mistake I've made so many times before, refusing to break
Em F Fm
Cut my losses ties them with you, like a good boy I'll pretend
Fm
And promise not to do it again
C C/B Am G F G
- Post-Chorus:
C C
Dm C C/B C C/B Am
Do you remember when, life was so simple and permanent?
G F G Am
Everyone's changed, "Everyone's cool", Everyone sucks
Asus2 F C D
But I can't seem to complain, Exciting and new is just not there
F G
You're getting scared
C G
I'm not your savior, never thought I was anyway
F G
I'm a void with empty promises that backs out late
C Em
Never said I'd change, taking back the words that we spoke
F Fm
Like a fuel tank running dry, you'll believe it when I choke
C Em F G C Em F G C Em F G
- Ending: (until fades)
you'll believe it when I choke
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C# A E B
Yesterday becomes tomorrow leaves you wanting more
F#m A E G#
So intricate becomes the bathroom floor
C# A E B
And even though you're in a ditch you dig a deeper hole
F#m A B A
And I'm a shovel it's out of my control
E C#
Promised a change didn't hear a word from you don't hold me back
A B
The exit isn't somewhere in my heart
E B A G# C#
A promise of paaaain we're back to the start
C# A F#m G#
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C# A E B
The reason that I still persist it's obvious I care
F#m A E G#
Been waiting by your door with no one there
C# A E B
It seems that you are locked inside my key don't fit no more
F#m A B A
And you're walking on the landmines you laid down before
E C#
Promised a change didn't hear a word from you don't hold me back
A B
The exit isn't somewhere in my heart
E C#
Didn't hear a word from you don't hold me back
A B
The exit isn't somewhere in my heart
E B A
Promised you Paaaaaaaaain
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**Capo 1st**
Intro:
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------7--10--9----------|
G|-6----6-9-6-7-----7-9-7--6-----6-9-6--9---9---9--9---------|
D|--7----------7------------7--------------------------------| 2x
A|---9----------9------------7-------------------------------|
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Verse:
Em C
Here's another, drink to cover
G D
Every word you say
Em C
Fine excuses, It wasn't you then
G D
Sorry, my mistake
Chorus:
C Em
So here comes the part
D
Where the stunt double plays
C Em D
You ask somebody else to take the fall and blame
Verse 2:
Em C
Building bridges, Playing with matches
G D
Burning yourself down
Em C
Find the exit, Before they get it
G D
Take the easy way out
Chorus:
C Em
So here comes the part
D
Where your stunt double plays
C Em D
You have somebody else I think we imitate
C Em
So here comes the part
D
Where your stunt double plays
C Em D
You ask somebody else to take the fall and blame
Em C D C G
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Em C G D Em C G D
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Em C
She was confused and
G D
abused in this life
Em C
Emotional and violent moments
G D
Seemed to take the longest time
Em C
Every single knockout dragout
G D
Fight they ever had
Em C
he starts to laugh he starts to lie
G D
with Suddenly psychotic eyes.
C D
Every night she cried herself
Em Bm
to sleep she didn't recognize
C D Em
Her own face in the mirror black and blue
C D
so afraid Intimidation
Em Bm
like a child she hides away
C D
he would always try to justify
Em C G D
what wasn't true
Em C G D
Justified black eye
Em C
Taken for granted
G D
she sleeps by the phone
Em C
waiting for a call from him
G D
but it seems he's never coming home
Em C
14 beers later
G D
He is there without an answer
Em C
Once again she questions his lies
G D
he goes to bed with no reply
C D
Tomorrow morning different story
Em Bm
and he'll be a different guy
C D Em
he'll justify her black eye with another lie
C D
She packs her bags in great temptation
Em Bm
he´s on his knees again he cries
C D
a hug & a kiss and a don't know why
Em
as a tear drops from her swollen eye
Bm
Apologies until tonight and another
Em C G D
Justified black eye
Em C G D D D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
Justified black eye
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** Capo 1st
D#m
- Intro:
Em
I'll see you on the outside
C
And we'll never be the same
A
After all that's happened
B
What it is that we've gained?
Em
I've made mistakes before
C
And never lived them down
G D B
After all you've done for me I'm bound
B
(Don't say another word)
C G
To see you on the outside
D
Where we can both feel shame
D C
(You're speaking for yourself)
G
I am bleeding on the inside
D
A place you might have been
C G B
But now I know I'll never be the same
Em
I heard you got a new place
C
And it's far away from here
A
Reality has sunken in now
B
Confirming all my fears
Em
I am not gonna drag you down
C
But it's too late to stop
G D B
Thinking about the time that we have lost
C
(I am happy without you)
G
I am trying to forget you
D
And everything we've had
C
(We didn't stand a chance)
G
When miserable it is true
D
We haven't learned a thing
C G B
But now I know I'll trust no one else
C G D
There was a time when we were back and forth
D
It wasn't easy
C G D
I guess we're back where we belong
F D C
One thing is for sure it wasn't strong
C G
I'll see you on the outside
D
Where we can both feel sane
C
(You've never been more right)
G
I am dying on the inside
D
You're never coming back
C G B
And now I know whatever we go through
Em Em C C A A B B Em
My heart is stuck with you
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D
- Intro:
D D
The story it grows older, the story is no story here
D D
I never knew what it is, and there`s no sign of it ending
D Bm
As I am it and ought to be, they`re telling me I am
Em
They`re telling me I am
G A
Telling me
D A G A D
Bowling race car driver, superficial hitman you`re
A G A D
On the list at every door, you don`t bowl or race fast cars
Bm G A
Composition competition you drive
D
- Intrumental:
D D
Just because I don`t go, to the church where you reside
D D
I might as well forget it, the nineties won`t be back again
Bm
Until i`m forty-eight years old
D D
I can be the hungry, as i eat my words again, appealing yet apalling
D Bm
Rising to my falling, I`m going to extreme ends, I`m gagging on their scene
Em
I`m gagging on their scene
G A
I`m gagging on
D A G A D
Bowling race car driver, superficial hitman you`re
A G A D
On the list at every door, you don`t bowl or race fast cars
Bm G A
Composition competition you shift
Bm F# G A Bm F# G
I`m the driver, over time in it`s defense, I move their car
A Bm F# G A D
And for a moment it makes sense, but I fail them in the end (I fail them in the end)
D A G A
- Instrumental :
D A G A
D
D D
In the arms of old age, knowing only one to lose
D D
Feeling nothing more to hide, consider life a forgery
D Bm
As you`re gagging on your scene, admit to fraudulence
Em G A
Driven to this thought, resigned to go that way
D A G A D
Bowling race car driver, superficial hitman you`re
A G A D
On the list at every door, you don`t bowl or race fast cars
Bm G A
Composition competition you drive
D A G A
competition Competition Im losing
D A G
I fail them in the end
A D
I fail it in the end
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E B C#m A
I am just another fool and I have to keep telling myself that
E B C#m A
I am just a hypocrite and I have to keep calling you on
E B C#m A E
Cause I forgot to bite my tongue and my assumption it is the mother of all mistakes.
E G#m A A B E
But I assume the role, open my mouth and clumsy words escape
E D C#m Cm B E
So why ya, wanna be there, when you could be here, you are slipping away.
E B C#m A
I awake to your replacement a bottle in my mouth, in an unfamiliar place.
E B C#m A
Cause you put me out, the butt of a sick joke, Into this ashtray life, as you come and go.
E B C#m A E
Cause I forgot to service you and we broke down and you can't live with my mistakes.
E G#m A A B E
But I assume false grace, open my arms, and grasp for something true
E D C#m A B E
How are you? How have you been? Girl I miss you, wanna see you again
E D C#m A B E
So why ya, wanna be there, when you could be here, you are slipping away.
E E B B C#m C#m A A
- Intrumental:
E E B B C#m C#m A B
E B C#m A
I bring out the worst in you and you try to let me know.
E B C#m A
You bring out the worst in me, anxiety, anxiety.
E B C#m A E
I'm trying hard to let you go, but you say that I'm giving you the creeps.
E G#m A A B E
But I assume the role, open my claws and grasp for your heart.
E D C#m A B E
How are you? How have you been? Girl I miss you, wanna kill you again.
E D C#m C B E
Into you, like a mortal stake, so vindictive, your love's slipping away
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F#m A D C#m
- Intro:
F#m A D C#m
F#m
In this faltering nation
A
The future belongs
D
To the children in school
C#m
There's something wrong
F#m
Sixth grader on crack
A D
Handgun overflowing in his hands
C#m
Now he is just further demand
F#m D
We search for the source
A C#m
And still that child is left watching
F#m D
Inhumanity, bloodshed
A D
As the tele-violence feeds his head
F#m G# A
Only if he knew
D C#m
The consequence of greed
F#m G# A
A contious state of mind
D C#m
T.V. is not reality
F#m A D C#m
- Intro:
F#m A D C#m
F#m D D C#m
F#m A
Never a victim the role model said
D C#m
Bang bang, the bad guy is dead
F#m A
Always a rockstar on empty T.V.
D C#m
The lesson complete, now the child has needs
F#m D
Of competition they bleed
A C#m
Oh beautiful for bills of green
F#m D
Nevermind spacious skies overhead
A C#m
Bleed the earth and butter your bread
F#m G# A
Only if he knew
D C#m
The consequence of greed
F#m G# A
A contious state of mind
D C#m
What he see's is not reality
F#m A D C#m
T.V. is not reality
F#m A D C#m
T.V. is not reality
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Capo on 2nd Fret
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D A Bm A G
I hope you didn't mind when I saw you
G D F#
Turn into nothing less than nothing new
F# Bm A D A G
Before you wait to sleep it off
G D
How little is enough?
D F#
What can you do?
F# Bm A D A
Before you decide to make the last mistake
G D
Withdraw away from us
D F#
And say goodbye
F# Bm A D A
To all but one that takes you
G D
and puts you to rest
D F# Bm G A
D A
On 27th Street nothing will keep you warm
A Em
Everything bring you harm
Em G A
Everything here fails you
D
Now lying at your feet
D A
Everyone nails you
A Em
Everyone worships you
Em G A
Everyone here fails you
D A Bm A G
I can figure it out and it's all about to
G D F#
Turn into lack of wit on sinking ships
F# Bm
I might have jumped
A D A G
But you jumped first
G D
Abandon ties that bind
D F#
There's no salvation here
F# Bm A D A G
I'd surely miss the times when we were so depressed
G D
No, I miss you.
D F#
I know I miss you
F# Bm A D A G
And you are missing something
A D F#
G A F#
You take a rip and then you find sedation
Bm G A D
Some salvation, masochistic, it's only point of view
D C
Nothing is left to you
C Em
Everyone speaks the truths
Em G A
Everyone here fails me
D A Em G A
D A Bm C D
Hope you didn't mind when I saw you
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** G6 (3 2 0 0 0 x)
Am F C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
It's negative I wish you the worst dear,
C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
to feel the greatest pain a positive
C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
you say it's all in vain I know I felt,
C G6 G6 F
G6*
and I won't feel again I know you
F C
Hours of madness
Am G
Years of dysfunction
F C
The deepest embitterment
Am G
No will to strive or achieve
F C
Finally in breakdown
Am G F
Perpetual fall on your knees
F E
As you crawl back to me
Am F C G6
- Post-Chorus:
Am F
It ends like this
C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
I can hope for bliss,
C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
If you fail again, 'cause I'm right here
C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
to witness every step and when you trip
C G6
I will cherish it
F C
Hours of madness
Am G
Years of dysfunction
F C
The deepest embitterment
Am G
No will to strive or achieve
F C
Finally in breakdown
Am G F
Perpetual fall on your knees
F E
As you crawl back to me
- Instrumental :
Am Am Am Am Am
Am Am Am Am E E
Am Am Am E F F
F F C C C E E -------\ Time here is tricky. You can see this live performance to try take the right timing
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Am Am Am E F F
F F C C C E E
Am Am Am E F F
F F C C C E E Am Am
- Bridge:
Am G
I live to watch you fail
F G
I live to watch you fail
Am G
I live to watch you fail
F E Am F
I am the wind in your sail
- Verse 3:
C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
I wish you the worst dear
C G6
to feel the greatest pain
G6 Am F
G6*
'cause I'm right here
C G6 G6 Am F
G6*
to retrieve all you stole, every tear
C G6
and everything you own
G6 F
G6*
I wish you...
- Chorus:
F C
Hours of madness
Am G
Years of dysfunction
F C
The deepest embitterment
Am G
no will to trust anyone
F C
this is how I lived
Am G F
this is how you left me blue
E Am
and I'd crawl back to you
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Tabbed by: JimBlenderBR
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12. Violet
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F G
Tonight the drunks are infected
A# C F
We're on our way
G
As if they drop by to see me
A# C F
Un-invit-ed
A# C F
And I am a wallflower
G
Maybe a better father
A# C
This is a job
F G
For seconds I miss the Bentleys
A# C F
Today, maybe they'll call
F G
You describe every prison
A# C F
You pass through them all
A# C F
Then he asked you for your head
A7 Dm
And I vowed to burn your bed
G A#
Try to pretend but this is your life
C
Somehow it feels right
F
I'm calling this evolution
C
I'm falling for institution
Dm C A#
Warm submission enveloping you
F
Tomorrow I'll survive the questions
C
Knives buried with cold indifference
Dm C A#
My world is true. Rendered by you.
A7 A#
Here they come again
A# C F
I could never find the words
A7 A#
So I disguised them in verse
C F
Until it comes out dumb and wrong
A7
The simplest song
A# C
If you sing along
F A# G C
Marry me Kristen, marry me Kristen; I want to be the only one
F
I'm painting a revolution
C
I'm falling for institution
Dm C A#
Warm colours enveloping blue
F
Shot of comfort in a warm convention
C
Medicinal injection
Dm C A#
Thirty-six years ended by you
F G
Tonight the drunks are infected
A# C F
We're on our way
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