FmGm You're my favorite explosion.
 
FmC A violin with no hands plays symphonies with no words.
 
Fm A drowning boy with no voice prays
 
Gm Someone up there's telling me,
 
Fm You'd better not get back up
 
C I spit my heart into this red cup.
 
G#mGm I'd better pick it back up, it might ruin your night.
FBb And she said, "Baby, leave the water by the bed for later,
 
GmG#m and I woke up without a single drop.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold) I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
 
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold) Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
Fm She said paint a picture of me,
 
C Throw your dress up and your heart away.
 
Fm Yeah, I heard what you said. A friend of a friend,
 
GmFm These strangers at the party never paid.
 
C And if that doesn't turn you on.
 
CG#m I'll keep talking till something does.
 
GmC# (single strum) As we're covered in sand, you roll over and smile.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold) I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
 
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold) Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
FF, F/A And until that day,
 
C#Bb I'll steal you flowers from the cemetery, red...
Fm, Fm, Fm-Em, Em, Em (x2)
Roses. Red rose of the dead. 
FmC So say it, say I'm in love, cause you called me
 
G#mGm Crying from your job, said you just got
 
FmC Fired, and you don't have a backup plan,
 
G#mGm so don't expect me to understand.
Fm We all breakdown.
 
CFm Sometimes the bedroom walls become my only friends,
 
GmFm but they were there from beginning to end.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold) I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
 
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold) Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
 
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold) You know I've never held a gun in my life,
 
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) but now I carry one around in case I see you tonight.
BbC Bedroom walls.
 
FmGm Oh, these bedroom walls.
Fm