Scorpion Hill chords by PUP

Intro:

E       A       E
Up on Scorpion Hill watching life

             B
Passing me by in the pale moonlight

E                      C#m
And I sat there forever, three sheets to the wind

B
It's not helping my case, the state that I'm in

A           E
But it's not how they told you

A         E
My intentions were good

A                 E
I was just bursting apart like the end of the ark

C#m           F#m    A
Holding on to whatever I could


Verse 1:
E A E A C#m B A


E              B           A
A square of light moves its way through the empty room

E             F#m
Across the stained yellow carpet

E         B      A
Like a ghost of myself in the afternoon

      C
Haunting my basement apartment

B      C
I looked in to the mirror

C#m        A
Hanging behind my door

B               C
The glass was cracked and the man staring back

C#m          A
He don't look like me anymore

      B
And if the world is gonna burn

   C
Everyone should get a turn to light it up


Chorus:
E B C#m A (x2)

E B

C#m A  E  B  C#m A      E B
Down and out, I've been on the rocks

C#m A  E      A      F#m
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts

          B  Cm
Yeah, I like them a lot


Verse 2:
E A E A C#m B A


E       B             A
Time and time again, well I've tried and failed to get my act together

E           G#m            A
And I'll admit lately things really went off the rails

C
I know that you deserve better

B          C
But in the morning, as I was boarding

C#m          A
The commuter train to work

B                C
The boss was calling, he said, "There's been cutbacks and

C#m         A
I'm sorry you're the first"

B
And If I can't support the two of us

Cm
How can I support a third?


Chorus:
E B


C#m A  E  B  C#m A      E B
Down and out, I've been on the rocks

C#m A  E      A      F#m
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts


Bridge:

B
And I'm on the brink

E
Falling deep into debt

A
Falling deep into drink

F#m
I can drown those regrets

        B
I don't have to think

A             E
Now I'm working the night shift

A       E
Asleep at the wheel

A              E
I was bursting apart like a flame from a spark

C#m    F#m
Thinkin' "Jesus, this can't be for real"


Verse 3:

A        E
My sweat-soaked mattress

A       E
Corner of the room

A       E
Cigarettes and matches

C#m      F#m
In the fading afternoon

A
And a picture of my kid, yeah, he's smiling

           E
It's the first day of school


Outro:
E B C#m A (x4)


F#m          B         E
She said, "I found the gun, it was buried beneath

     E                 F#m
Piles of clothes in the room where your son sleeps

       B               E
And I can't pretend, to know how this will end"