Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: G C G C Em C G Verse 1: C G C G I wasn't higher than I was supposed to be Em C G But the walls froze through then they shatter C G C G C I'm partially peaceful sitting in an empty room Em C G While the lights outside never matter D G C There's a bitter pill on the other side D G C Smoky shaded space in a double-wide Em D G We could come to the middle Am D C Let it all pass through
G C G C Em C G Verse 2: C G I'm a pretender C G C It's like bein' the morning sun Em C G All the lies I live make me wonder C G I had a bottle C G C Filled it with the only one Em C G That could turn my nights into thunder D G C How I wish it could be another way D G C And I wouldn't stumble and go away Em D G Yeah, it makes you cry just a little Am D C If it does us any good I cannot see it G C G C Em C G D G C D G C Verse 3: C G And I am shaping a madness C G C ?: were planned Em C G While the world spins faster than ever C G And they say it's burning C G C All the things you need to say Em C G You better get out now while you're limber D G C Morning never cuts like I want it to D G C There's a canyon in between me and you Em D G And I would bleed just a little Am D C And never be the same G C G C Em C G Verse 4: C G C G Why am I so tired when all I do is sleep? Em C G Is it the same dream that I keep having? C G C G You were there with me lying in a naked seat Em C G But there was ample shelter and padding D G C But the wind whispers in a darkened street D G C Selling simple warnings to you and me Em C G Yeah it makes me die just a little Am D C A little every day G C G C Em C G