Dashboard Confessional
Bend And Not Break
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: F

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
F -   133211
C -   x32010
Dm -  xx0231
Bb -  x13331
C/E - 032xxx
Bbm - x13321
C# -  x46664
Gm -  355333
Eb -  x68886

Intro: F-- x16
F--Dm-Bb- x6

Verse 1:
F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)        Bb (x1333x@1) I catalog these steps now
F (133211@1)            Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1)          
  decisive and intentioned
   Fprecise (133211@1)and patterned 
   Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)  DmBb
specifically to yours
F (133211@1)               Bm (x24432@1)Bb (x1333x@1) I'm talented at breathing
F (133211@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Bb (x1333x@1) especially exhaling
   Fso (133211@1)that my chest will 
Dm (xx0231@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)  DmBb
rise and fall with yours

F--Dm-Bb- x4

Verse 2:
F (133211@1)                  Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1) I'm careful not to wake you
F (133211@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1) fearing conversation
    F (133211@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)    BbIt's (x1333x@1)better just to hold you
F (133211@1)                Dm (xx0231@1)Bb (x1333x@1) and keep you pacified
F (133211@1)                 DmBb
  I'm talented with reason
F (133211@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1) I cover all the angles
F (133211@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)DmBb
I can fail before I EVER try

Chorus 1:
F (133211@1)      C/E (x3111x@5) Try to understand theres an 
Bb (x1333x@1)             Bbmold (x13321@1)mistake that fools will make
F (133211@1)           Dm (xx0231@1) And i'm the king of them
        Bb (x1333x@1)              C#pushing (x43121@1)everything that's good away
  F (133211@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)    BbSo (x1333x@1)won't you hold me now? 
            Gm(I (355333@1)will not bend I will not break)
F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1) Won't you hold me now? 
            Gm(I (355333@1)will not bend I will not break)

Post chorus: F--Dm-Bb- x2

Verse 3:
F (133211@1)           Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) I am fairly agile 
F (133211@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)     Bb (x1333x@1) I can bend and not break
   FOr (133211@1)I can break and 
Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1) DmBb
take it with a smile
F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb (x1333x@1) I am so resilient 
F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb (x1333x@1) I recover quickly
FI'll (133211@1)convince you 
Dm (xx0231@1)      Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) DmBb
soon that i am fine

Chorus 2:
F (133211@1)      C/E (x3111x@5) Try to understand theres an 
Bb (x1333x@1)             Bbmold (x13321@1)mistake that fools will make
F (133211@1)           Dm (xx0231@1) And i'm the king of them
        Bb (x1333x@1)              C#pushing (x43121@1)everything that's good away
  F (133211@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)    BbSo (x1333x@1)won't you hold me now? 
            Gm(I (355333@1)will not bend I will not break)
F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1) Won't you hold me now? 
           Gm(For (355333@1)you I rise for you I fall)

Interlude: F--Dm--Eb--F-- x2

Bridge:
     F (133211@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)     EbF
Just hold me close to you
(Repeat x4)

Interlude: F--Dm--Gm--C#-- x2

Chorus 3:
F (133211@1)      Dm (xx0231@1) Try to understand theres an
Bb (x1333x@1)             Bbold (x1333x@1)mistake that fools will make
   F (133211@1)      DmAnd (xx0231@1)i'm the king of them
        Bb (x1333x@1)              Eb (x43121@3)     
pushing everything that's good away
  F (133211@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)C#So (x43121@1)won't you hold me now? 
F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)C# (x43121@1) Won't you hold me now?

Outro: F--Dm-Bb- x4, F(hold)