Running Out Of Ink

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Capo - 2nd Fret
D#dim7
- XX1212
[Intro]
G C F D/F#
G D
[Verse 1]
G
I stopped into a club
C
I thought I'd see a show
F
Everyone was there
D
At least everyone I know
G
Their knickers in a knot
C
Their hands upon their heart
F
The best they'd ever seen
D
The greatest work of art
G
I wished that it was me....
[Chorus]
G7 C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm G
I'm running out of ink
G7 C
Give a guy a break
Cm G D
This is what it takes
G D
To drive a man to drink
[Verse 2]
G
A party at a friend's
C
Toronto's coolest scene
F
I thought I'd bring a tape
D
To show them where I'd been
G
They listened for a while
C
The lyrics made them smile
F
They said that it was fine
D
Although it's not the style
G D
I said it wasn't me
[Verse 3]
G
Once upon a time
C
I couldn't get enough
F
Until I made it big
D
And that's when it got rough
G
Dissapointed? No;
C
Perhaps a bit surprised...
F
To look them in the face
D
And see it in their eyes
G
They wish it wasn't me
[Chorus]
G7 C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm G
I'm running out of ink
G7 C
Give a guy a break
Cm G D
This is what it takes
G D
To drive a man to drink
[Verse 4] (muted)
G
I used to hold you close
C
You used to tell me things
F
You never told a soul
D
Until you heard me sing
G
The details of your life
C
Condensed into a song
F
The neighbor and his wife
D
Work out and sing along
G
And you can't look at me
[Chorus]
G7 C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm G
I'm running out of ink
G7 C
Give a guy a break
Cm G D
This is what it takes
G D
To drive a man to drink
[Bridge]
Am Em
Could song be an alibi
G F E Am
A lyric replacement for falling in love
Em
But now that the well is dry
C F E Am D#dim7
I can't understand what I've been singing of...
Em D#dim7 Em D#dim7
Do you know what it is to love? (To love)
D#dim7Em
()
To really love? (To love)
D#dim7 Em
To really love....
B7 Em D#dim7
Really love
G
Do
I?
[Verse 5]
G
I cycled by your house
C
I saw you on the lawn
F
I see you all the time
D
Now that you are gone
G
I tried to call your name
C
But something made me stop
F
I call you once a day
D
Until you call the cops
G D
And told them it was me
[Verse 6]
G
I filled a plastic bag
C
With everything I wrote
F
I threw it off a bridge
D
I thought that it would float.
G
The water made it sink
C
The bag was bleeding ink.
F
I wished that it could swim
D
I wished that I could drink
G
I wished that it was me.
[Chorus]
G7 C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm G
I'm running out of ink
G7 C
Give a guy a break
Cm G
This is what it takes
G7 C
To drive a man to drink
Cm G
I'm running out of ink
G7 C
Give a guy a break
Cm G D
This is what it takes
G D
To drive a man to drink
G D
To drive a man to drink
G
To drive a man to drink

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Capo - 2nd Fret
D#dim7 - XX1212
[Intro]
G C F D/F#
G D
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Verse 4] (muted)
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
   G
Do I?
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Chorus]

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