Mr. Chainsaw chords by 
Alkaline Trio 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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When was it that
Verse 1
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you lost your youth or traded
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It for something more for them
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to use so jaded
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Why is it that you never said
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I love you more than just a friend
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I pray this gridlock nev er end s And when we get
Verse 2
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there just depend s
I found out recently that you
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are leav ing
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For good I hope I softly tell me ceil ing
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It's better now to be
Verse 3
alive
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Sleeping is my nine to five
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I'm having night mares all the time
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Of running out of words that rhyme
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Everything
Verse 4
that you could never
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say
Would never matter anyway
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I took a hammer and two nails
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to my eardrums long ago
Before that steak knife took
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my eye s
Verse 5
I looked up to the sky
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For the last thing I would ever see
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For the last time I'd cry
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When was it that you sold
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your life or wasted
Verse 6
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Every bite of that small slice
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you never tasted
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I guess I should be one to talk
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There's nights that I
can't even walk
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There's days I couldn't
give a fuck
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And in between is where i'm stuck
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From blocks away I heard
Verse 7
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somebody scream ing
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That small child inside of you that you
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left bleed ing
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You stabbed him up
not once but twice
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Cubicles will now suffice
Verse 8
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Some say it's the roll of the dice
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I think they're wrong I know I'm right
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Every breath that I could barely breathe
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Verse 9
Could barely make it past
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my teeth
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I took a blowtorch to both of my lungs a long,
long time ago
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Every step that I could take
Every one more difficult to make
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Mr. Chainsaw
Verse 10
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came an d took my legs a long,
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long time ago
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In case you're
wondering
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I'm singing about growing up and giving in
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In case you're wondering
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we're singing about growing up
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About giving up an d giv ing in
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