G
G Bb C D# C F
G Bb C D# C F
G Bb C D# C F
G Bb C D# C F
G Bb C D# C F
G Bb C D# C F
- Verse: G
This is the age of descent, the fresh face generation of defect
G
It's gonna go down before we reach for the reset
G
This is for the lost, downtrodden and rejects
Bb D#
And anybody looking for a purpose
G
We all kick our way through streets of praise
To find hope in a TV screen G
But nobody has an answer for anything
Bb D#
And no one can seem to agree
G Bb C D# C
And then the impulse said things don't look great
F G Bb C D# C
You know we can't break loose if we stay in place
F G Bb C D# C
Every earthquake starts with a little shake
F G Bb C D# C F G
And then we'll see you standing in the wasteland
G Bb C D# C
And then the impulse said things don't look great
F G Bb C D# C
You know we can't break loose if we stay in place
F G Bb C D# C
Every earthquake starts with a little shake
F G Bb C D# C F G
And then we'll see you standing in the wasteland
G
F D#
G Bb C D# C
And then the impulse said things don't look great
F G Bb C D# C
You know we can't break loose if we stay in place
F G Bb C D# C
Every earthquake starts with a little shake
F G Bb C D# C F G
And then we'll see you standing in the wasteland
G Bb C D# C
And then the impulse said things don't look great
F G Bb C D# C
You know we can't break loose if we stay in place
F G Bb C D# C
Every earthquake starts with a little shake
F G Bb C D# C F G
And then we'll see you standing in the wasteland
C G C G C G
A F A F A F
C G C G C
A F G F
C
C
I've had a steady stream of lonely nights
A
For the past few weeks in this room
G
I'm locked away from it all
C
Just need a break from the walls that close me in
I'll see this out standing on pins A
I'll fall asleep with my eyes open
F Em C
Just to see if I could focus
C
On something more than my loneliness
F
None of my friends seem to give a shit about the way I am
I know full well they understand thatC
I get myself way too deep in what she said
A G
But they'll bail me out when I'm in over my head
Em F
I'm getting sick of being broke
C G
But what's worse is I'm all on my own
Em F
Can't seem to let this go
G
I wish I could stop staring at the phone
Em F
So I can get some sleep
C G
Another day, another week in hell
Em F
I'll see your face down here real soon
G
A welcome home to a swift farewell
C F
C F
C
Of all the things I hope to keep:
F
A childhood sense of opportunity
C
Grab life by the wrist and jump
F A
Take the chance while I'm still young and dumb
Passed out but on my feet G
With years ahead to get some sleep
F
And so much time to face defeat
So write our names in wet concrete A
To seal our place in space and time
G
Before we have to walk the line
F
Before we all move on in life
Em F
I'm getting sick of being broke
C G
But what's worse is I'm all on my own
Em F
Can't seem to let this go
G
I wish I could stop staring at the phone
Em F
So I can get some sleep
C G
Another day, another week in hell
Em F
I'll see your face down here real soon
G
A welcome home to a swift farewell
Em F
I'm getting sick of being broke
C G
But what's worse is I'm all on my own
Em F
Can't seem to let this go
G
I wish I could stop staring at the phone
Em F
So I can get some sleep
C G
Another day, another week in hell
Em F
I'll see your face down here real soon
G
A welcome home to a swift farewell
C G C G C G
A F A F A F
C G C G C
A F G F
C
Eb Bb G# Bb
Eb Bb G# G# Gm G# Bb
Eb Bb G# Bb
Eb Bb Cm Bb G#
Eb Bb G#
The golden groves are lined with affluence and roses,
Bb Eb Bb G# Gm Eb
But the bagheads down by Central Station are closer to where home is.
Bb G#
It can be grim and send you West from time to time,
Bb Eb
Yeah, this place is such a shipwreck,
Bb Cm Bb G#
But this shipwreck, it is mine.
Cm Bb G# Eb
Day by day we grew to love this place,
Cm Bb Cm Bb G#
And where I make my grave, my anchor lays.
Eb Bb G#
I've been wasting away,
Bb Eb Bb G# G# Gm G#
But in a town with no way out, there's not much else to do anyway,
Bb Eb Bb G#
If you're looking for a place to decay,
Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb G#
Then there will always be a place in my town called revelry.
Eb
I've seen a punch or two,
G#
Narrowly escaped a few,
Cm Bb G#
And if you can get the day off, I could show you a view.
Eb
I remember the football games,
G#
The first time that I got laid,
Cm Bb Cm Bb G#
And the time J broke his finger drinking by the lake.
Cm Bb G# Eb
Day by day we grew to love this place,
Cm Bb G#
And where I make my grave is where my anchor lays.
Cm Eb Bb G#
The sound of my youth echoes out through these empty streets,
F
I guess I can't kick up the roots;
G# Bb
It's home, and that's the truth.
Eb Bb G#
I've been wasting away,
Bb Eb Bb G# G# Gm G#
But in a town with no way out, there's not much else to do anyway,
Bb Eb Bb G#
If you're looking for a place to decay,
Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb G#
Then there will always be a place in my town called revelry.
Cm G# Eb F Eb
Cm G# Eb F Eb
Cm G# Eb
We know what it's like to be put down
F Eb Cm
So fuck you to the world, and stand your ground.
G# Eb F Eb
We know how to turn it inside out and get a little bit rowdy.
Cm G# Eb
We know what it's like to be put down
F Eb G#
So fuck you to the world, and stand your ground.
Bb
We know how to turn it inside out and get a little bit
Eb Bb G#
I've been wasting away,
Bb Eb Bb G# G# Gm G#
But in a town with no way out, there's not much else to do anyway,
Bb Eb Bb G#
If you're looking for a place to decay,
Bb Eb Bb Cm Bb G#
Then there will always be a place in my town called revelry.
Eb Bb
I'm not stuck I'm staying,
Cm G#
I'm not stuck I'm staying,
Eb Bb
Yeah I said, I'm not stuck I'm staying.
Cm G#
I'm not stuck I'm staying,
Eb Bb Cm G#
And if you've got sorrows to drown and the bottom's where you're bound,
Eb Bb Cm Bb G# F Eb Eb
You will always have a place in my town called revelry.
C# F# A# F#
A# G#
C# F# A# F#
A# G#
C# A#
Sit still in the cold of February
G# F#
Hold my hand in the cemetery and you'll be safe
C# A#
And I know that this is only temporary
G# F#
And I don't think that it's helping anything
Fm F# C#
And it's all fun and games until someone gets fucked up
Fm F# C#
This will end in tears I could never be enough for you
Fm F# C#
Count my blessings on one hand and my curses on the other
Fm F# C#
I let you slip between my fingers (Hide away until the summer)
C#
Kali Ma lean over me
F#
Rip your hand into my chest
A#
Pull out my beating heart for the world to see
F# A# G#
Then send me down to hell
C#
You ignore my plea's
F# A# F# A# G#
Indiana couldn't save me so I guess I'll save myself
C#
C# F#
We hop from bench to bench in the middle of our town
A# G# F#
Where the street lights hit your eyes and then the tears came falling down
C# F#
The love that you confessed, the product of your loneliness
A# G# F#
I see right through you but what do I do?
A# F#
Of course I fall for it
C# G#
Just like I did when I was sixteen
A# F#
Such a fool for you
C#
Did you ever even miss me? (Doubt it)
C#
Kali Ma lean over me
F#
Rip your hand into my chest
A#
Pull out my beating heart for the world to see
F# A# G#
Then send me down to hell
C#
You ignore my plea's
F# A# F# A# G#
Indiana couldn't save me so I guess I'll save myself
C#
Kali Ma lean over me
F#
Rip your hand into my chest
A#
Pull out my beating heart for the world to see
F# A# G# C#
Oh won't you go to hell?
C#
A# F# C#
You're gonna get killed chasing after your damn fortune and glory
A# F# C#
Maybe I, maybe I will (but not today!)
Am F Em F Em F
Em F Em F G (4x)
C
I've been stuck in the middle pages
Em F
Sent the boat across that I created
Am C F
Built out of the bones that I've been breaking
C
The time you said you needed
Em F
Is there but you can't see it
Am C F
You mark me down and out but you're still breathing
D F
If you write the story
C G
You'll find out we're all stuck on the same page
C
Cause sometimes things will bend you
G
But trust me you'll be fine
D F
Cause I've been moving mountains that I once had to climb
C
And life's not out to get you
G
Despite the things you've been through
D
Cause what you give is what you get
F
And it doesn't make sense to me too
Am F Em F Em F
Em F Em F G (2x)
C
The walls are caving in again
Happens every now and thenEm F
Always got me feeling like I'm fucked (fuck)
C
Falling in and out of bed sleep so hard
Feel like I'm deadAm F
Trying to get a grip is kinda rough
C
Say life has lost its meaning
Em F
And that's true if you believe it
Am C F
But someday you will stand above your demons (You're not beneath this)
D F
If you write the story
C G
You'll find out we're all stuck on the same page
C
Cause sometimes things will bend you
G
But trust me you'll be fine
D F
Cause I've been moving mountains that I once had to climb
C
And life's not out to get you
G
Despite the things you've been through
D
Cause what you give is what you get
F
And it doesn't make sense to me too
C
So pick yourself up
You can't change what's been F
You must go on
And learn while you live Am G
And when you see the signs saying hope is up ahead
F G
Then you write a draft for a better end
C
Cause sometimes things will bend you
G
But trust me you'll be fine
D F
Cause I've been moving mountains that I once had to climb
C
And life's not out to get you
G
Despite the things you've been through
D
Cause what you give is what you get
F
Yeah, life's not out to get you
Am F Em F Em F
Em F Em F G (2x)
C Csus4 C Csus4
G G6
F Fm7
C Csus4 C Csus4
G G6
F Fm7
C Csus4 C Csus4
G G6
F Fm7
C Csus4 C Csus4
It's been a few days since I saw you last,
Em F Em F G
And there's a few things that I have to ask.
C Csus4 C Csus4
So, the first is: do I hold you back?
Em
And, did I fuck up too many times?
F Em F G
Found the bad I know you'd find.
Em
Just need some time and space,
F
We've fallen out of place,
Am G F
But I pray to god we don't lose connection.
Em
Just need to see you smile,
F
Or maybe stay a while,
Am G F
Before we lose all sense of direction.
C E/C F
Is it too late to say, too late to say,
C E/C
That I'm sorry for things I do?
F
I'm missing you like shit today.
Am Em F
And as the world spins on its axis,
Seems like it's brought me back here, Dm Em F
To say “oh god, not this again”.
C Csus4 C Csus4
G G6
F Fm7
C Csus4 C Csus4
G G6
F Fm7
C
I haven't seen you smile this whole time,
Em F Em F G
It bums me out and makes me wonder why I can't do right.
C
And I'm trying my best, I promise.
Em F Em F G
And I want this as long as you want it.
Em
You asked me where we could meet,
F
I found you there at Lime Street,
Am
One cig left in the packet,
G
Stood shy in your Dad's jacket.
Em
A moment I'll always keep,
F
Oh, take me back to Lime Street.
Am G F
I swear to god you saved me,
C E/C F
Is it too late to say, too late to say,
C E/C
That I'm sorry for things I do?
F
I'm missing you like shit today.
Am Em F
And as the world spins on its axis,
Seems like it's brought me back here, Dm Em F
To say “oh god, not this again”.
C E/C F
Is it too late to say, too late to say,
C E/C
That I'm sorry for things I do?
F
I'm missing you like shit today.
Am Em F
And as the world spins on its axis,
Seems like it's brought me back here, Dm Em F
To say “oh god, not this again”.
C Em F
C G F
C Em F
Dm G F
C
Is it too late to say?
Is it too late to say? Dm G F
I swear to god you save me
C
I swear to god you save me
C#m
Don't get too close
Asus2
That place is haunted
C#m
Fear not the ghosts
Asus2 C#m B Asus2
Cos she sent them running
C#m B Asus2
She sleeps beneath the surface
C#m B Asus2
Consorting with the serpents
C#m B Asus2
She strikes without a purpose
C#m
A dark face in a corridor
Deceptively beautiful E
She's watching you
Eb/B
She's in everything you doC#m
Her kiss it tastes so sweet
But left me with a lethargy E Eb/B
I couldn't shake, I made a grave mistake
C#m
I gave her my heart, she didn't want it
A
Took it anyway and put a dark spell on it
E B
Since then I haven't been the same
C#m
Needed a victim and she got it
A
Took me in with her song, powerless to stop it
E B
Some men don't dare to speak her name
C#m Asus2
C#m Asus2
C#m Asus2
She picked me up from my decline
C#m
Healed my wounds with love and wine
Asus2
Dosed me up and closed my eyes
A taste of poisonC#m Asus2
She gave me all that I desired
C#m
Sung the songs of angel choirs
Asus2
Preached the words of death and fire and left me burning
C#m
I gave her my heart, she didn't want it
A
Took it anyway and put a dark spell on it
E B
Since then I haven't been the same
C#m
Needed a victim and she got it
A
Took me in with her song, powerless to stop it
E B
Some men don't dare to speak her name
C#m A E B
She sleeps beneath the surface
C#m A
Consorting with the serpents
E B
She strikes without a purpose
C#m B A
C#m C#
A F#m E D
A F#m E D
A F#m
Sat on the stack, held it all back,
E D
Let it all go to prevent a crack,
A F#m E D
And it seems I miss you dearly.
A F#m
Youth on my side, so I'll find the time,
E D
I'll grow up someday but for now I'm fine,
A F#m E D
I just wish that you were near me.
A F#m E D
A F#m E D
A F#m E D
A F#m E D
A A
A A
Glory days oh glory days behind me, set deep in tainted skin.
A
I'm well aware so don't remind me, how I can't seem to win.
F#m E D
Accept defeat, curse the cracks of empty streets.
A F#m
But I don't wanna tell the same sad story,
E D
Even if I did, you'd just ignore me.
A F#m E D
I wear myself out trying to find an ending,
A F#m E D
But I'll work this out when I stop pretending
A F#m
That I could never let this go,
E D
There's more to life than chasing ghosts,
A F#m E D
But then hindsight's 20/20.
A
My old man once said "Take heed, don't wait until you're just like me,
A
To look back over history with nothing but regret".
A F#m
So all my friends sang fuck forever,
E D
Live today and die together.
A F#m
We don't wanna tell the same sad story,
E D
Heard it all before and that's fucking boring.
A F#m E D
I wear myself out trying to find an ending,
A F#m E D
But I'll work this out when I stop pretending
A F#m
That I could never let this go,
E D
There's more to life than chasing ghosts,
A F#m E D
But then hindsight's 20/20.
A E F#m D
A E F#m D E
A F#m E D
I wear myself out trying to find an ending,
A F#m E D
But I'll work this out when I stop pretending
A F#m
That I could never let this go,
E D
There's more to life than chasing ghosts,
A F#m E D
But then hindsight's 20/20.
Dsus2
Stumbled 'round the block a dozen times
D/F#
You don't give a fuck, you never remember meDsus2
While you're pulling on his jeans
D/F#
I was looking out our window Dsus2
Watching all the cars go, wondering if I'll see Chicago
D/F#
Or will I die in the cold Dsus2
Feeling blue and alone
Asus2
I wonder if you'll ever hear this song on your stereo
Dsus2 Asus2
I hope you get your ballroom floor,
Bm
Your perfect house with rose-red doors,
G
I'm the last thing you remember,
Dsus2 Asus2
I wish I'd known that less is more,
Bm
But I was passed out on the floor,
G
And that's the last thing I remember,
Dsus2 Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2
Cast me aside to show yourself in a better light,
Dsus2
I came out grieving, barely breathing and you came out alright.
D/F#
I hope he's better than I ever could've been, Dsus2
My mistakes were not intentions,
Dsus2 Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2 Dsus2 Asus2
Pain is never permanent, but tonight it's killing me
Dsus2 Asus2
I hope you get your ballroom floor,
Bm
Your perfect house with rose-red doors,
G
I'm the last thing you remember,
Dsus2 Asus2
I wish I'd known that less is more,
Bm
But I was passed out on the floor,
G
And that's the last thing I remember,
Dsus2 D3 D/F# Dsus2
Dsus2 D3 D/F# Dsus2
Dsus2 D3 D/F#
I miss your face, you're in my head
Dsus2
There's so many things that I should've said,
Dsus2 Asus2 Dsus2
A year of suffering, a lesson learned.
Dsus2 D3 D/F#
I miss your face, you're in my head
Dsus2
There's so many things that I should've said,
Dsus2 Asus2 Asus4
A year of suffering, a lesson learned.
Dsus2 Asus2
I hope you get your ballroom floor,
Bm
Your perfect house with rose-red doors,
G
I'm the last thing you remember,
Dsus2 Asus2
I wish I'd known that less is more,
Bm
But I was passed out on the floor,
G
And that's the last thing I remember,
C Em F
C Am D E
C Em F
C Am D E
C
C
The leaves fell off as I did,
I guess it held some kind of meaning. D
I've been lying in this bed of nails,
G
That let the wind out of my sails.
C
She left me on the bridge she's burning;
D
Hell, maybe I deserve it.
G
I'm just trying to find my purpose,
C
There will come a time,
Am G F C
When you will face your life,
Am F
Don't let it twist and tear you up inside
C Em F
The world's a fucked up place, but it depends on how you see it
Am G F
Life is full of change, you grow up and then you feel it.
C
But smooth seas don't make good sailors,
F
Jump ship and head for failure,
C
Find yourself a tragedy,
Am D E
Slowly lose your sanity.
C Em F G
C Em F Em
C Em F G
C Em F Em
C Em F G C Em F Em
I'll be alright, your bark was worse than your bite.
C Em F G
Left a scar that faded with time,
C Em F Em
Echoed out to the back of my mind.
C
There will come a time,
C Em F
The world's a fucked up place, but it depends on how you see it
Am G F
Life is full of change, you grow up and then you feel it.
C
But smooth seas don't make good sailors,
F
Jump ship and head for failure,
C
Find yourself a tragedy,
Am D E
Slowly lose your sanity.
D F
I've been walking round in circles,
C
cursed every corner of this town,
G
Will I make it out?
D F
If I do then it's a godsend.
C
I caught a bullet in-between my teeth
G D D D D F F F F
Could this finally be the end?
C C
There will come a time,
C
When you will face your life,
D F
Don't let it twist and tear you up inside
C Em F
The world's a fucked up place, but it depends on how you see it
Am G F
Life is full of change, you grow up and then you feel it.
C
But smooth seas don't make good sailors,
F
Jump ship and head for failure,
C
Find yourself a tragedy,
Am D E
Slowly lose your sanity.
Am D E
Find yourself a tragedy,
Am D E C C
Slowly lose your sanity.
G# A#
I sat inside with a heavy heart
C#
Just wish you would think of me
Are you listening? G# A#
Ran round in circles 'til after dark
C#
Didn't get very far, Wasn't meant to be
F G#
I never thought it would be this hard
D# C#
It feels like you walked through me
G# A# C#
Maybe you would know just how it felt to be like me at my lowest
F D#
As you let me out the door, you tore me open
C#
My final words were left unspoken
F C# G#
Told myself that this would be the last time you kept me awake
F C# G#
Some day you'll see, then it's too little too late
F C# G#
I wasn't good enough for you, and then you just stopped trying
F C# G#
What can I say?
G#
I hope this comes back to haunt you
G#
I hope this comes back to haunt you
G#
I hope this comes back to haunt you
F C# G#
Told myself that this would be the last time you kept me awake
F C# G#
Some day you'll see, then you'll be stuck in this place
F C# G#
I wasn't good enough for you, and then you just stopped trying
F C# G#
What can I say?
G# G#* G#
G# D# G#*
And everyday that's passing
G# D# G#*
Is surely mine to seize
G# D# G#*
Did every wave that crashed in
G# D# G#*
leave you washed up at her feet?
G# D# C#
Wake up, the world seems bright out today
G# D# C#
Life goes on, and things they change
G# D# C#
Hands up if you've been left bruised and broken
G# D# C#
Say "I'll be ok, I'll be ok"
G# D# C#
Wake up, the world seems bright out today
G# D# C#
Life goes on, and things they change
G# D# C#
Hands up if you've been left bruised and broken
G# D# C#
Say "I'll be ok, I'll be ok"
G# D# C#
Wake up, the world seems bright out today
G# D# C#
Life goes on, and things they change
G# D# C#
Hands up if you've been left bruised and broken
G# D# C#
Say "I'll be ok, I'll be ok"
C F
C C
Dancing on the grave you made to hide me,
F F
Remove the pictures from the walls ‘cos they're reminding
Am G C C
You of all the things you try so hard to hide.
F F Am G
She digs the grave, so she knows where she can find it.
C
And I don't have much to offer,
C
But had you loved me I'd have loved you back forever.
Am
Here I am again, rock bottom.
C
Dug this hole to hell to rot in.
G
Shouldn't have ignored my friends,
F
It frayed the rope that they dropped in.
Am
Here I lay again, rock bottom.
C
What was life like I've forgotten
G
How the sun felt on my skin,
F
Resurrect and start again.
C C
She said "you're distant from the world and self destructive",
F F
But she still smiles and laughs along for self indulgence.
Am G C C
She's got her finger on the pulse, and she feels nothing,
F F Am G
She digs the grave so she can dance like no one's watching.
C
And I know you're chasing something,
C
Or has what you wanted got you scared and running?
C
And I know you're missing something,
C
Because I felt there that night, and caught you blushing
Am
Here I am again, rock bottom.
C
Dug this hole to hell to rot in.
G
Shouldn't have ignored my friends,
F
It frayed the rope that they dropped in.
Am
Here I lay again, rock bottom.
C
What was life like I've forgotten
G
How the sun felt on my skin,
F
Resurrect and start again.
Am F
The ebb and flow of life is a mystery,
Am
So I guess I'll never know.
F
I got caught up in our history,
Am
So I think it's time for me to let this go
F
The ebb and flow of life is a mystery,
Am
So I guess I'll never know.
F
I got caught up in our history,
Am
So I think it's time for me to let this go.
Am
Here I am again, rock bottom.
C
Dug this hole to hell to rot in.
G
Shouldn't have ignored my friends,
F
It frayed the rope that they dropped in.
Am
Here I lay again, rock bottom.
C
What was life like I've forgotten
G
How the sun felt on my skin,
F
Resurrect and start again.
Am C
Break out, I need to break out, I need to break out,
G
Gotta get me out or I'm gonna break down, I'm gonna break down, I've hit rock bottom,
F
Resurrect and start again
Am C
Break out, I need to break out, I need to break out,
G
Gotta get me out or I'm gonna break down, I'm gonna break down, I've hit rock bottom,
F
Resurrect and start again
