Key: D
Tuning: Drop D
D 000xxx
A 777xxx
Bm 999xxx
G 555xxx
Em 222xxx
A/C# x476xx
D/F# 454xxx
D xx0232
A x02220
Bm x24432
G 320033
Em 022000
A/C# x476xx
D/F# 2x023x
Intro: G Bm A Bm G Bm A
Verse 1:
D A/C#
Now that I'm thinking sober
Bm A
Don't you try to get no closer
G D/F#
I'm just gonna get in my
G A
car and drive and drive
D A/C#
Looking in the rearview mirror
Bm A
Everything is so much clearer
G D/F# G A
Watch me wave it all goodbye goodbye
Refrain 1:
G
The light's flashing
A Bm
giving me all the danger signs
G
Someone to save to save
A
But it don't work that way
Chorus:
D
Think you made your
greatest mistake
A
I'm not gonna call
this a break
Em
Think you really
blew it this time
G
Think you could walk
A D
on such a bad lie
Won't be taking the
A
midnight calls
Ignoring the rocks
Em
you throw at my wall
I see it written
G
on your face
You know you made it
A
Your greatest mistake
Post Chorus:
G
your greatest mistake
your greatest mistake
Bm A
your greatest mistake
Verse 2:
D A/C#
When the last straw is broken
Bm A
When the last door is closing
G D/F#
I ain't that dumb to
G A
stick around stick around
D A/C#
I ain't got the time
Bm
for looking back
A
Gonna let yourself slip
G
through the cracks
D/F#
And you just keep going
G A
down, down, down
Refrain 2:
G A
I'mma stay undercover
Bm
Lay low for some time
G
No one to save to save
A
These six cycles over me
Bridge:
G A
Why you looking at me spitting
Bm
the same old line?
Trying to creep back
A Bm G
Ain't no flipping my mind
A
Don't you get it by now?
Bm A Bm
The story's over over
G A
Still calling my name
Bm
outside my house
A
I'm hitting the switch
Bm G A
Watch the lights go out
Bm(hold)
Watch the lights go out
Verse 3:
D
I hope you ache,
A
ache, ache, oh, oh
Em
I hope you ache,
G
ache, ache, oh, oh
yeah yeah
Outro: G Bm A x2
