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Tuning: Half Step Down, Eb.

Beginning Fill:               Goes straight into the verse.
eb |--------------------------------0--|
Bb |----------0---------------------1--|
Gb |----2/4------4--4/2h0-----------0--|
Db |-------------------------0~-----2--|
Ab |--------------------------------3--|
Eb |-----------------------------------|


  C (x32010@1)Straighten up my shoulders for my mother and mirrors
                                                  GThe (320003@1)overcompensation of a posture I'm dying to know
  CFeeling (x32010@1)like a kid selling ten dollar chocolates
                                                   GReciting (320003@1)all my rehearsed lines to your closing door
  CThought (x32010@1)a change of scenery would make me feel better
                                                           GMoved (320003@1)four hundred miles away, I'm still staring at the floor
  CAnd (x32010@1)feeling useless as a mime in a counseling session
                                                                         GHere's (320003@1)a million mute expressions, here's the one where I choke on my words

      AThen (x02220@1)in comes the church with the answers
                            DAh (xx0232@1)Ah bless me with those tired acronyms
                               G (320003@1)          CThey (x32010@1)look good on the overhead slide
                G (320003@1)                         CThey're (x32010@1)saving lives
             G (320003@1)                            CWorks (x32010@1)every time
 
[FILL]

  CCoughing (x32010@1)courtesy up in a month of indifference
                                              GAnd (320003@1)lapping up the lie with an apologetic tongue
  CI'm (x32010@1)polishing my eyelids with a hand on your shoulder
                                     GScripted (320003@1)adornment always kills concern
  CSick (x32010@1)of coming home with the TV mumbling
                                                    GThere (320003@1)used to be a time when you spoke to me with words
  CI'm (x32010@1)swearing up and down saying it's a commitment
                                                              GAnd (320003@1)toasting new beginnings saying sorry I thought it would work

       AAll (x02220@1)my speech is riddled with annulment
                     DI'm (xx0232@1)sorry, I'm just doing what I think I should
                                AI'm (x02220@1)gathering my things and I'm leaving for good in November
              DI (xx0232@1)don't know when I'll talk to you
                                         G (320003@1)               CI (x32010@1)guess when both our eyes have finally died
                 G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)
I still want to try
             G (320003@1)                CStill (x32010@1)wanna try 
             G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)             
Still wanna try 

End on C.

Hope it helps, the D and A parts can be done with chords or power chords, up to you. DATH owns.


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