Key: C Verse: B Will I get nervous before my take, outside the club in Silver Lake G#m And there's no mistaking your perfect practice innocence Em I just start talking, you can see that I'm E C#m Not gonna to lie to you B And this folk music's fucking me up, make's me think I should quit E Maybe I'm just scared of it
Quick hit and a flip of a Zippo Inhale and your eyes squint C#m You point at me with a cigarette finger, say you find some good shit E In the ruins B But deep down I'm not sold on what we're doing Deep down I think you're seething with ambition G#m Like everyone else around, you're on a mission E To see just how many likes you can get Get your fingers wet C#m And have the people watch you rub a freeze B But everyone needs to be seen G#m There's no growing in the dark E You say, "It's just a pose", well, what's wrong with a pose? We all invent ourselves as we go C#7 So here we go B A same old itch The air's meant to protect myself G#m Took a life on now and they're breathing on their own E Some strange personality, living up on me that I've been trying to ditch C#m I want things to be perfect, so I put it off B Maybe progress now will do I'm on the outside, never satisfied E Something's always missing, so you convinced yourself But you're beautiful C#m I mean, look at those hands You're all purity with a splash of E St Germaine B Oh I want to be A daring one G#m No more songs about being cozy and bored E Don't sing about the suburbs And how you miss the scent of home C#m An Elliot Smith clone's all you'll be And miss all this urgency B And everyone needs to be seen G#m There's no growing in the dark E It's just a pose, well, what's wrong with a pose We all invent ourselves as we go C#7 So here we go C#m B I look for you outside, after the show C#m I look for you again B And I'll go with you 'cause I kinda love you G#m If I see you again I think I'm gonna kill you E 'Cause we'll keep doing this C#m Waiting around for someone who doesn't want me To want me B I've been looking longingly at the scene E C#m7 C#m E B