Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
The sputtering blink of the
Baug
G
Baug
street lamp
G
Am
Makes you taller,
D
then shrinks you, then splits you in half
C
D
So you're trailing yourself on your
G
Baug
walk to the pay phone
D
Your pockets weighted down with quarters
C
D
G
and the hope that no one's home
Am
B
You spray paint cinnamon on vines and key
A
C#dim
A
D
the cars you pass by
B
Your ears burn and your voice
Ebdim
G
don't sound right
Verse 2
G
So you spend the next week
playing weakened
Am
Rolling three men alone in the
dark of your kitchen
C
D
Your apartment can't talk so
G
it's safe for your secrets
Am
C
All the stories you've invested with a
D
G
masochist, menacing meaning
C
C#dim
Those tired tricks that you play
D
to graph the life to your name
Ebdim
And you know it's not yours but for now it's
Interlude 1
okay
Am
D
G
C
Am
D
G
Am
D
G
C
Am
D
G
Verse 3
G
You wake and cut your initials
in cheap glass
Am
To mark a space for yourself when your
time here has passed
C
Am
When you're drifted and done,
D
G
trading danger for distance
Am
All those rocks that rope your neck are finally
C
D
G
nameless and weightless and faceless
Baug
G
Am
C
C#dim
And you strip the sting from the stains
D
that bleed the life from your face
Ebdim
Eb
Your cheeks will burn red on
Ebdim
G
a pure perfect day
Em
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Baug Am D C...
G
Baug
Am
D
C
B
A
C#dim
Ebdim
Eb
Em
Capo: No capo
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