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[Intro]
F#m E A Bm
[Verse]
 F#mBreathe in, breathe out, Eeverybody scream "FUCK!"
 AI know I’ve gone Bmtoo far this time
 F#mMy grandpa said, E“Don’t be afraid Aof death, he’s just Bmyour oldest friend 
 F#mComing back for Ewhat he forgot”
 AI hope I forBmget all these lies
The F#mbooks that I am reading are the Eones that I forgot
I tore Aout all of the pages aBmlong with my heart
And I F#mspelled your name still with the Eletters, from the letters that I AwroteBm  
And I F#mspelled out your name still with the Eletters from the letter that I AwroteBm  
See this F#mbody, see this body, see this Ebody’s not for me
And the Away my bones are breaking is the Bmway my skin will bleed
So I put F#mout my fists and you mark Eboth my hands with little AX’s that mean that I am Bmextra unsafe
[Chorus] (x2)
Where did your F#mspine go?
EI know
AI’ve got Dnone
Is it your F#mheart that Ebreaks first?
AFragile Dbones
[Verse]
And she is playing on the F#mplayground, Eand she is playing on the AswingsD  
And she is learning F#mwords like "fuck" and E"hate"
And I Aknow just what it Dmeans, it means she’s just like her F#mmom
 EShe’ll end up lonely and Asad
 DShe’ll end up alone with F#mrings, with rings in her Emouth, with guns in her Ahouse, with holes in her Dheart
Hey, kid
[Chorus] (x3)
Where did your F#mspine go?
EI know
AI’ve got Dnone
Is it your F#mheart that Ebreaks first?
AFragile Dbones
[Outro] (x2)
[See this F#mbody, see this body, see this Ebody’s not for me
The Away my bones are breaking is the Dway my skin will bleed]

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Dead-Bird

by McCafferty

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F#m

[Intro]

F#m E A Bm

[Verse]

F#m E

Breathe in, breathe out, everybody scream "FUCK!"

A Bm

I know I’ve gone too far this time

F#m E A Bm

My grandpa said, “Don’t be afraid of death, he’s just your oldest friend

F#m E

Coming back for what he forgot”

A Bm

I hope I forget all these lies

F#m E

The books that I am reading are the ones that I forgot

A Bm

I tore out all of the pages along with my heart

F#m E A Bm

And I spelled your name still with the letters, from the letters that I wrote

F#m E A Bm

And I spelled out your name still with the letters from the letter that I wrote

F#m E

See this body, see this body, see this body’s not for me

A Bm

And the way my bones are breaking is the way my skin will bleed

F#m E A Bm

So I put out my fists and you mark both my hands with little X’s that mean that I am extra unsafe

[Chorus] (x2)

F#m

Where did your spine go?

I know

A D

I’ve got none

F#m E

Is it your heart that breaks first?

A D

Fragile bones

[Verse]

F#m E A D

And she is playing on the playground, and she is playing on the swings

F#m E

And she is learning words like "fuck" and "hate"

A D F#m

And I know just what it means, it means she’s just like her mom

E A

She’ll end up lonely and sad

D F#m E A D

She’ll end up alone with rings, with rings in her mouth, with guns in her house, with holes in her heart

Hey, kid

[Chorus] (x3)

F#m

Where did your spine go?

I know

A D

I’ve got none

F#m E

Is it your heart that breaks first?

A D

Fragile bones

[Outro] (x2)

F#m E

[See this body, see this body, see this body’s not for me

A D

The way my bones are breaking is the way my skin will bleed]

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