To play the song properly, use the power chords of these chords and figure out the picking.

Tabbed by Pete.

Intro
Am, C

AmI (x02210@1)grabbed hold of her wrist and my hand closed from tip to tip
CI (x32010@1)said "you've taken the diet too far, you have got to let it slip"
AmBut (x02210@1)she's not eating again, she's not eating again,
Cshe's (x32010@1)not eating again, she's not eating again.
AmI (x02210@1)ask her to speak French and then I need her to translate, 
CI (x32010@1)get the feeling she makes the meaning more significant.
AmShe (x02210@1)was always far too pretty for me to believe in a single 
Cword (x32010@1)she said, believe a word she said.

Am, C

AmAt (x02210@1)fourteen her mother died in a routine operation, 
Cfrom (x32010@1)allergic reaction to a general anesthetic. 
AmShe (x02210@1)spent the rest of her teens experimenting with prescriptions, 
Cin (x32010@1)a futile attempt to know more than the doctors.
Am (x02210@1)                                          CShe (x32010@1)said one day to leave her, sand up to her shoulders waiting for the tide
Amto (x02210@1)drag her to the ocean, to another sea's shore.
CThis (x32010@1)thing hurts like hell,
Ambut (x02210@1)what did you expect?

C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)all you can hear is the sound of your own heart
Am (x02210@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course
Am (x02210@1)                  CBut (x32010@1)oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me
AmFive (x02210@1)hundred behind,
CA (x32010@1)thousand years in perfect symmetry

Am, C

AmBest (x02210@1)known left wrist right finger, through all the Southern States, on 
Cevery (x32010@1)video games machine they call her triple A.
AmThere (x02210@1)were racists on the radio trying to give up smoking, 
Cthe (x32010@1)chat show host, he joked "you have to wait for the government program".
AmYou (x02210@1)talk about your politics, and I wonder if you could be one of them, but 
Cyou (x32010@1)could never kiss a Tory boy without wanting to cut off your tongue again.
AmA (x02210@1)good place to look to the future is when you are sat at the sea, with the 
Csalt (x32010@1)up to your ankles and a view of the end of the pier, you may 
Amlook (x02210@1)down at your model's feet and wish that you'd just float away, and the 
Cweather (x32010@1)here is overcast and the sea is the same shade of grey, so the 
Amlandscape (x02210@1)before you looks just like the edge of the world, but to the 
Cleft (x32010@1)side and the right side, either way is a crazy golf course.
Am (x02210@1)                       CThe (x32010@1)sea is a good place to think of the future.

Am (x02210@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)all you can hear is the sound of your own heart
Am (x02210@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)all you can feel is your lungs flood and the blood course
    Am (x02210@1)                            CBut (x32010@1)oh I can see five hundred years dead set ahead of me
AmFive (x02210@1)hundred behind,
CA (x32010@1)thousand years in perfect symmetry
AmA (x02210@1)thousand years no getting rid of me
CA (x32010@1)thousand years in perfect symmetry. 

Am, C until end.

Its not perfect, but for acoustic cover its good.