Artist: Dashboard Confessional
Title : Bend And Not Break

Tuning: Half-Step Down

Intro: E (16x)
       E- (022100@1)C#m- (x13321@4)A(6x) (x02220@1)


E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)        A (x02220@1) I catalog these steps now
E (022100@1)            C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1)          
  decisive and intentioned
   Eprecise (022100@1)and patterned 
   C#m (x13321@4)   A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)  C#mA
specifically to yours
E (022100@1)               Bbm (x13321@1)A (x02220@1) I'm talented at breathing
E (022100@1)          C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1) especially exhaling
   Eso (022100@1)that my chest will 
C#m (x13321@4)     A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)  C#mA
rise and fall with yours

E - C#m - A (4x)



E (022100@1)                  C#m (x13321@4)    A (x02220@1) I'm careful not to wake you
E (022100@1)             C#m (x13321@4)  A (x02220@1) fearing conversation
    E (022100@1)             C#m (x13321@4)    AIt's (x02220@1)better just to hold you
E (022100@1)                C#m (x13321@4)A (x02220@1) and keep you pacified
E (022100@1)                 C#mA
  I'm talented with reason
E (022100@1)               C#m (x13321@4)  A (x02220@1) I cover all the angles
E (022100@1)          C#m (x13321@4)   A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)C#mA
I can fail before I EVER try

Chorus:
E (022100@1)      B/D# (x2544x@1) Try to understand there's an 
A (x02220@1)             Amold (x02210@1)mistake that fools will make
E (022100@1)           C#m (x13321@4) And I'm the king of them
        A (x02220@1)              Cpushing (x32010@1)everything that's good away
  E (022100@1)        C#m (x13321@4)    ASo (x02220@1)won't you hold me now? 
            F#m(I (244222@1)will not bend I will not break)
E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)    A (x02220@1) Won't you hold me now? 
            F#m(I (244222@1)will not bend I will not break)

E - C#m - A (2x)



E (022100@1)           C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1) I am fairly agile 
E (022100@1)              C#m (x13321@4)     A (x02220@1) I can bend and not break
   EOr (022100@1)I can break and 
C#m (x13321@4)    A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1) C#mA
take it with a smile
E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)   A (x02220@1) I am so resilient 
E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)   A (x02220@1) I recover quickly
EI'll (022100@1)convince you 
C#m (x13321@4)      A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) C#mA
soon that i am fine

Chorus:
E (022100@1)      B/D# (x2544x@1) Try to understand there's an 
A (x02220@1)             Amold (x02210@1)mistake that fools will make
E (022100@1)           C#m (x13321@4) And I'm the king of them
        A (x02220@1)              Cpushing (x32010@1)everything that's good away
  E (022100@1)        C#m (x13321@4)    ASo (x02220@1)won't you hold me now? 
            F#m(I (244222@1)will not bend I will not break)
E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)    A (x02220@1) Won't you hold me now? 
           F#m(For (244222@1)you I rise for you I fall)

Interlude: E - C#m - D - E (2x)

Bridge:
     E (022100@1)     C#m (x13321@4)     DE
Just hold me close to you
(Repeat 4x)

Interlude: E - C#m - D - E (2x)

Chorus:
E (022100@1)      C#m (x13321@4) Try to understand there's an
A (x02220@1)             Aold (x02220@1)mistake that fools will make
   E (022100@1)      C#mAnd (x13321@4)I'm the king of them
        A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)     
pushing everything that's good away
  E (022100@1)        C#m (x13321@4)    A (x02220@1)CSo (x32010@1)won't you hold me now? 
E (022100@1)         C#m (x13321@4)    A (x02220@1)C (x32010@1) Won't you hold me now?

E - C#m - A (4x) E(end)