Standard tuning.


4/4


Intro: E5   D5   G5
C(Hold it)
                     G(Hold it, too)
The fountain was off.
            G5                                           C5
This is the first time I've been back to the city in months.
                                    G5
I'm trying to hold it together but irony's found cracks in the foundation.

C(Hold it)
And you know,
G5
I try so hard to be some great white hope
E5    C5    G5   D5 G5  D5   G5     
But I can't shake the feeling that tonight I'm gonna end up shaking in bed alone.

Chorus:
E5                   D5
I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid.
G5                                 E5
I had to take my own advice and I did.
D5                     G5
Now I'm waiting for it to sink in.
E5          D5             G5
Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was
E5              D5
It's not about forcing happiness;
G5
It's about not letting the sadness win.

C5    G5    C5   G5

C5
I don't have roses in the closet

      G5
But I've got pictures in a drawer

      C5
It's everything left in me
       G5
Not to stare at them anymore.
  C5                             G5
I walked upstairs and shaved my beard.
            C5
I felt like I was holding sadness here
G5
(I was holding sadness here)


C    G    C   G (Emphasis on the highest strings, you can figure it out.)

Chorus:
E5                   D5
I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid.
G5                                 E5
I had to take my own advice and I did.
D5                     G5
Now I'm waiting for it to sink in.
E5          D5             G5
Expect me standing tall, back against the wall, 'cause what I learned was
E5              D5
It's not about forcing happiness;
G5
It's about not letting the sadness win.

(You can hold these out if you wish)
C5
I don't have roses in the closet
      G5
But I've got pictures in a drawer
      C5
It's everything left in me
       G5
Not to stare at them anymore.

E5                         D5
I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid.
G5
I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid.
E5                         D5
I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid.
G5
I'm not a self-help book; I'm just a fucked up kid.

Outro:
C5       G5            C5        G5        C(hold)