A Dsus2 A Dsus2
A Dsus2
poison oak some boyhood bravery
A Dsus2
when a telephone was a tin can on a string
F# E
and i fell asleep with you still talking to me
A Dsus2 A Dsus2
you said you weren't afraid to die
A Dsus2
in polaroids you were dressed in womans clothes
A
were you made ashamed?
Dsus2
why'd you lock them in the drawer?
F# E
well i don't think that i ever loved you than when
A
you turned away
Dsus2
when you slammed the door
Fm7 (200230)
when you stole the car
Em7 (020230)
drove towards mexico
A
and you wrote bad checks
Dsus2
just to fill your arm
Fm7
i was young enough
Em7
i still believed in war
A Dsus2 A Dsus2
E F#
but let the poets cry themselves to sleep
E F#
an all there tearful words will turn back into steam
A Dsus2
me i'm a single cell on the serpents tongue
Fm7 Em7
theres a muddy field where the garden was
A
well im glad you got away
Dsus2
but i'm still stuck out here
Fm7
my clothes are soaking wet
Em7
from your brothers tears
A Dsus2 A Dsus2
E F#
and i never thought this life was possible
E
your the yellow bird
F#
that i've been waiting for
A
the end of paralysis
D
i was a statuette
Fm7
now i'm drunk as hell
Em7
on a piano bench
A
and when i press the keys
D
its all gets reversed
Fm7
the sound of loneliness
Em7
makes me happier
