Massachusetts Acoustic chords by Silverstein

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

Silverstein
"Massachusetts (Acoustic)"
This is How the Wind Shifts (Deluxe Edition)

Tuning: Half-step down

Intro: Am-G-C-G

Verse 1:
       Am
She's cutting out the bruises,
  F       G        Am
Forgetting her excuses for being here again
    F          C    G   Am
with a suitcase packed and waiting by the door.
        F         G        Am
In her head, convinced herself she hasn't lost enough to quit.
   F          C
But tonight she lays here thinking,
 G    F C  G
"What if I just left
    Am   G   F
In the middle of the night
C      G
Back to California
  Am-G
And never look back?"

Chorus:
Am      F
 She'll fantasize about it
C      G         F
every single day but she can't find it
    G       Am
in her heart to run away,
  C
and no one's listening.
Am       F
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C        G
on his knees to stay, he's begging,
 F        G        Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
         F-G
It won't happen again."

Verse 2:
       Am
He's putting out the fires
     F      C
and he's making her believe
   G   Am
he's really changed this time;
     F      G       Am
But it's obvious it's just another lie, lapse and relapse.
   F        C    G
And again she lays beside him thinking,
 F  C--G      Am   G   F
"I'll pretend in the middle of the night,
  C           G
my eyes are closed, I'm sleeping,
Am        G
But I won't come back."

Chorus:
Am      F
 She'll fantasize about it
C      G         F
every single day but she can't find it
    G       Am
in her heart to run away,
  C
And no one's listening.
Am       F
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C        G
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
 F        G        Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
         Ad lib: Am-G-F-G
It won't happen again... It won't happen again"

Bridge:
Am
 How long can this last?
G#m
 The final straw was the hospital.
F
 At least she told herself that.
     G
But she just can't find the strength to end it.
 F C  G      Am   G   F
"I just left in the middle of the night,
C      G
Back to California,
  Am-G
And never look back..."

Chorus:
Am      F
 She'll fantasize about it
C      G         F
every single day but she can't find it
    G       Am
in her heart to run away,
  C
And no one's listening.
Am       F
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C        G
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
 F        G        Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
  C
It won't happen again"

Chorus 2:
Am      F
 She'll fantasize about it
C      G         F
every single day but she can't find it
    G       Am
in her heart to run away, (to run away...)
  C
And no one's listening.
Am       F
 With Northern Massachusetts,
C        G (ON his knees to stay...)
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
 F        G        Am
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
         Am
It won't happen again"


THE END!