escape route

escape route easy guitar chords by Frightened Rabbit

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

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Capo
  • D

  • G

  • A

  • C

  • F#m

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • C

  • F#m

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    His 
    first 
    kicking 
    came 
    on 
    January 
    1st 

    They 
    said, 
    "Welcome 
    to 
    the club, 

    We'll take 
    your shoes 

    and 
    your shirt." 

    And he 
    wore 
    his nosebleed 

    like 
    red 
    rosette 

    And 
    it was 
    a prize 
    he would 
    win 

    Verse 2
    again 
    and again 
    and 
    again. 

    He 
    had 
    to find 
    an 
    escape 
    route. 

    Verse 3

    It 
    was 
    a rumour, 

    but it 
    soon 
    became 
    true 

    When he 
    was 
    drunk 
    in 
    the suburbs 

    With a 
    boy 
    from 
    different 
    school. 

    All 
    his 
    good 
    friends 
    soon 
    left 
    him 
    for 
    dead 

    Now 
    he stands 
    staring 
    down 

    at the 
    Clyde 
    from 
    a bridge 

    Verse 4
    And 
    then 
    he saw 
    an 
    escape 
    route 

    From 
    the 
    dogs 
    of 
    West 
    Renfrew 

    From 
    the 
    bitches 
    and 
    bruises 

    He 
    chose Ohio 
    to 
    run 
    to 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    The 
    name 
    came 
    to 
    him 

    just 
    as he 
    perched 

    On the 
    amber 
    lit 
    bridge, 

    his 
    whole 
    face 
    pursed 

    It had 
    a ring 
    to 
    it 
    in American 
    songs 

    As 
    a glittering 
    release 
    from 

    his crippling 
    curse 

    Verse 6
    He 
    dreamt 
    of the place 
    of 

    cine
    matic space 

    And 
    all 
    the 
    pointing 
    fingers 

    they just 
    melted 
    away 

    But 
    who 
    knows, 

    maybe 
    he'll 
    never 
    take 
    flight 

    But 
    he 
    swears 
    Ohio 
    pulled 
    him 

    from 
    the 
    bridge 
    that 
    night 

    Verse 7

    And 
    it 
    became 
    an escape 
    route 

    From 
    the 
    dogs 
    of 
    West 
    Renfrew 

    From 
    the 
    bitches 
    and 
    beatings 

    Midwestern 
    chest 
    to fall 
    into 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 8

    Some 
    are 
    saved 
    by 
    the 
    good 
    arms 

    Some 
    are 
    saved 
    by 
    the church 

    Some 
    get 
    saved 
    by 
    the skin 
    of their 
    teeth 

    By 
    the thought 
    that 
    it couldn't 

    get 
    much 
    worse 

    Verse 9
    Some 
    are 
    saved 
    by 
    professors 

    Some 
    are 
    saved 
    by 
    police 

    Some 
    get 
    saved 
    by 
    distant 
    place 

    By 
    an 
    im
    possible 
    American 
    dream 

    We 
    all 
    need 
    an es
    Verse 10
    cape 

    route 

    We 
    all need 
    an es
    cape 
    route 

    From 
    the 
    punches 
    an
    kicks 

    The 
    fingernails 
    and 
    the 
    pricks 

    All 
    the sharp 
    little 
    knives 

    In the 
    dark 
    pockets 
    of 
    life 

    From 
    the 
    bitches 
    and 
    bruises 

    From 
    the 
    burden 
    of 
    youth 

    The public 
    hangings 
    an
    stonings 

    Save 
    us 
    from 
    fellow 
    hu
    mans 

    Just 
    give 
    us 
    an 
    escape 
    route 

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