safety in numbness chords by Paul Dempsey

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Verse 1
Em 
C 
G 
D 
Em 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor) You've got
glue in your feathers
B 
 (B major) What brought you to this
C 
G 
 (C major) A flightless bird sur (G major) rounded
A 
by  (A major) red- handed kids
C 
G 
D 
In their  (C major) borrowed  (G major) black  (D major) 
Em 
 (E minor) sheeps' clothes
C 
D 
G 
B 
Yeah  (C major) everybody's  (D major) in on the  (G major) joke...  (B major) 

Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) So practice your boredom
B 
Look a  (B major) thousand times removed
C 
G 
 (C major) 'Cause only a freak would  (G major) sing in a
A 
 (A major) crowded waiting room
C 
G 
B 
Em 
They would  (C major) turn  (G major) you out  (B major) in the  (E minor) cold
C 
D 
Now  (C major) that everybody's  (D major) in
G 
B 
C 
on the  (G major) joke...  (B major)  (C major) 

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Verse 3

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

for the per fectly numb

If you want some...

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) But naming the feeling
B 
Just  (B major) kills the charade
C 
 (C major) And if flowers should bloom
G 
A 
upon  (G major) your  (A major) wallpaper face
C 
G 
D 
It'll  (C major) follow you  (G major) everywhere  (D major) 
Em 
C 
you  (E minor) go   (C major) 
D 
Now everybody's  (D major) in on the
G 
B 
 (G major) joke.  (B major) 
Em 
B 
C 
G 
D 
 (E minor)  (B major)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major) 

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) Desire only burns and
F#dim 
B 
 (F sharpdim) Envy's  (B major) always green
C 
G 
A 
 (C major) A mind can only race  (G major) and a heart  (A major) 
can only beat
C 
There's these  (C major) towering neon
G 
D 
Em 
 (G major) signs we  (D major) must up (E minor) hold
To keep out the blackness
B 
 (B major) And run with the blue
C 
G 
 (C major) Now only a fool would  (G major) sing as
A 
 (A major) if he's telling the truth
C 
G 
Kid, just  (C major) swallow down that  (G major) lump
D 
Em 
C 
 (D major) in your throat  (E minor)  (C major) 
Because everybody's
D 
G 
B 
C 
 (D major) in on the  (G major) joke  (B major)  (C major) 

Verse 6
D 
Are you missing a stranger  (D major) that
G 
D 
C 
you might have  (G major) loved?  (D major)  (C major) 
D 
Do you feel that there's something  (D major) you
Em 
D 
C 
don't feel enough?  (E minor)  (D major)  (C major) 
D 
There's a perfectly good  (D major) poison...

Verse 7
C 
D 
 (C major) Are you missing a stranger  (D major) that
G 
D 
C 
you might have  (G major) loved?  (D major)  (C major) 
D 
Do you feel that there's something  (D major) you
Em 
D 
C 
don't feel  (E minor) enough?  (D major)  (C major) 
D 
There's a perfectly good  (D major) poison
Em 
B 
A 
for the  (E minor) per fectly  (B major)  (A major) numb

Outro 1
If you want some...
C 
G 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
F#dim 
B 
 (C major)  (G major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (F sharpdim)  (B major) 
Em 
C 
G 
F#dim 
Em 
C 
G 
B 
F#dim 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (F sharpdim)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (B major)  (F sharpdim) 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
B 
Em 
 (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
G 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
 (C major)  (G major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major) 
B 
Em 
 (B major)  (E minor) 
C 
G 
B 
Em 
C 
 (C major)  (G major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
G 
D 
F#dim 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
 (G major)  (D major)  (F sharpdim)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major) 
F#dim 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
F#dim 
B 
 (F sharpdim)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (F sharpdim)  (B major) 
Em 
C 
G 
D 
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
G 
C 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
 (G major)  (C major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major) 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
 (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major) 