Youll Only End Up Joining Them
 by Kevin Devine

capo on 5th fret

there's a riff that i tabed out between the F and Dm relative to the capo
 (i noted it)
e|---1---------1-----------------------------|
B|---1---------3-----------------------------|
G|---2---------2-----------------------------|
D|---3--3-2-0--0-----------------------------|
A|---3---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|




C (x32010@1)                                     F (133211@1) 
Tonight I'm posed and popping like a peacock
               Dm (xx0231@1)                               GI'm (320003@1)pressing flesh, I'm smiling big, my spinning head sings "Stop, just stop"
             F (133211@1)             GCause (320003@1)what used to calm me down
              E (022100@1)             AmJust (x02210@1)rips my life to ribbons now
             F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)                 CSo (x32010@1)I keep smiling, I find my window and quick cut out

   C (x32010@1)                                      FThese (133211@1)days my hangman's hunger makes my gut kick
             DmMy (xx0231@1)sleeping mind, could map it blind
            GA (320003@1)flask, A key, A bag, A fifth
         F (133211@1)             GI (320003@1)try to will myself away
              E (022100@1)                    AmWhile (x02210@1)shouting habits plead their case
            F (133211@1)                   GSo (320003@1)when the sun sears through my eyes
             E (022100@1)              AmMy (x02210@1)beggar's brain can't compromise
              F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)                 CI (x32010@1)splash cold water, I draw the curtains, I stay inside

            C7 (x32310@1)             E7 (020130@1)                   Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)   F(riff)Dm
And I can't say that it's a sickness, more like a stranger I ask in
           C7 (x32310@1)           E7And (020130@1)later realize, was a strangler
         Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)      F(riff)Dm
Slipping nooses in my den
          F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)                     E (022100@1)             AmBut (x02210@1)I was lonely so I asked him, "*Could* you tie that one on me?"
          F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)              CIt (x32010@1)wasn't his fault, I was eager, and I was weak

        C7 (x32310@1)              E7So (020130@1)as I inch towards resolution
            Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)       F(riff)Dm
Yea I'm not sure which life feels right
         C7 (x32310@1)                E7A (020130@1)narrow noose or the wading water
            Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)    F(riff)Dm
The hanging head, sore open eyes
           F (133211@1)             Gmy (320003@1)brother michael he went one way
           E (022100@1)               AmAnd (x02210@1)at the fork I heard him say
           F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)           C"Don't (x32010@1)you follow, don't go making my mistakes"
      F (133211@1)                GAnd (320003@1)I realized what he meant
              E (022100@1)                 AmDon't (x02210@1)kill yourself to raise the dead
         F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)             CIt (x32010@1)never works you'll only end up joining them

end on C