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Safety In Numbness

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 10Position: 3

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Credit to Daniel Budden
Chords
   Cbar Dmaj/  A     C    A   Dsus4   Esus4      Em    G    Cadd9  Gsus2  
e|---X----2-----0---0---------------0----3----3------3--------------|
B|---5----3-----1---2---------------0----3----3------3--------------|
G|---5----2-----0---2----7----9-----0----0----0------0--------------|
D|---5----0-----2---2----5----7-----2----0----2------0--------------|
A|---3----0-----3---0----5----7-----2----2----3------0--------------|
E|---X----2-----0---0---------------0----3----X------2--------------|
Capo on 3rd fret.
EmGot glue in your feathers
Dmaj/A  
What brought you to this?
CA flightless bird surrounded by
ARed handed kids
         Cbar      	 D  	C      Em  C  
In their borrowed black sheep's clothes
	          C  Dmaj/  A     G  Gsus2  
Now everybody's in on the joke
EmSo practice your boredom
Dmaj/A  
Look a thousand times removed
CCause only a freak would sing
AIn a crowded waiting room
           Cbar   Dmaj/   A     C   Em  C  
They would turn you out in the cold
CBecause DeverybodyG's iGsus2n on the joke
CAre you missing a stranger
Dmaj/		     A      G  Gsus2  
That you might have loved?
CDo you feel that there's something
Dmaj/        A       G  Gsus2  
You don't feel enough?
CThere's Da perfectly good poison
For the D4perE4fecD4tly Cnumb
CIf you want some
But naming the feeling
It just, it kills the charade
And if flowers should bloom
Upon your wallpaper face
It will follow you everywhere you go
Because everybody's in on the joke
Desire only burns 
And envy's always green
A mind can only race
And a heart, it can only beat
There's these towering neon signs
We must uphold
To keep out the blackness
And run with the blue
Now only a fool would sing
As if he's telling the truth
Could you swallow down
That lump in your throat?
Because everybody's in on the joke
Are you missing a stranger 
That you might have loved?
Do you feel that there's something
You don't feel enough?
There's a perfectly good poison....
Are you missing a stranger 
That you might have loved?
Do you feel that there's something
You don't feel enough?
There's a perfectly good poison....

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Safety In Numbness

by Paul Dempsey

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj

Dsus4

Esus4

Cadd9

Gsus2

Credit to Daniel Budden

Chords

Dmaj A C A Dsus4 Esus4 Em G Cadd9 Gsus2

Cbar /

e|---X----2-----0---0---------------0----3----3------3--------------|

B|---5----3-----1---2---------------0----3----3------3--------------|

G|---5----2-----0---2----7----9-----0----0----0------0--------------|

D|---5----0-----2---2----5----7-----2----0----2------0--------------|

A|---3----0-----3---0----5----7-----2----2----3------0--------------|

E|---X----2-----0---0---------------0----3----X------2--------------|

Capo on 3rd fret.

Got glue in your feathers

Dmaj A

What brought you to this?

A flightless bird surrounded by

Red handed kids

D C Em C

Cbar

In their borrowed black sheep's clothes

C Dmaj A G Gsus2

Now everybody's in on the joke

So practice your boredom

Dmaj A

Look a thousand times removed

Cause only a freak would sing

In a crowded waiting room

Dmaj A C Em C

Cbar /

They would turn you out in the cold

C D G Gsus2

Because everybody's in on the joke

Are you missing a stranger

Dmaj A G Gsus2

That you might have loved?

Do you feel that there's something

Dmaj A G Gsus2

You don't feel enough?

C D

There's a perfectly good poison

D4 E4 D4 C

For the perfectly numb

If you want some

But naming the feeling

It just, it kills the charade

And if flowers should bloom

Upon your wallpaper face

It will follow you everywhere you go

Because everybody's in on the joke

Desire only burns

And envy's always green

A mind can only race

And a heart, it can only beat

There's these towering neon signs

We must uphold

To keep out the blackness

And run with the blue

Now only a fool would sing

As if he's telling the truth

Could you swallow down

That lump in your throat?

Because everybody's in on the joke

Are you missing a stranger

That you might have loved?

Do you feel that there's something

You don't feel enough?

There's a perfectly good poison....

Are you missing a stranger

That you might have loved?

Do you feel that there's something

You don't feel enough?

There's a perfectly good poison....

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