Em (022000@1)     BmEm       BmEm       BmEm       Bm (x24432@1)EmListen (022000@1)to the sounds of ringing out around you
Bmthese (x24432@1)are the cries of a dying breed
EmPolitics (022000@1)of hate you'd never get around to 
Bmblood (x24432@1)over brains that we never need
EmI (022000@1)saw you in the back, studied and relaxed 
Bmfixed (x24432@1)in the post like a silent stone 
EmSerenity (022000@1)and tact, it's the feeling that I lack 
BmLife (x24432@1)in the floors of a stable home

G (320003@1)                        DI (xx0232@1)can trace you on paper like a sketch of a smell 
           G (320003@1)                      DYou're (xx0232@1)a breath to the runner in contest 
     G (320003@1)                        F# (244322@1)        BmIn (x24432@1)close to the nerve, but you rest so far away
                G (320003@1)         Aand (x02220@1)I have to give it up someday

D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)                GEvery (320003@1)time I close my eyes I see you in front of me
F#m (244222@1)            Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)Pretending in a love like this 
             A (x02220@1)                    EmI (022000@1)have no choice but to put you in back of me
        G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)Don't cover my footsteps
Bm (x24432@1)                                     G (320003@1)Dead weight all right, I know you're no good for me 
Bm (x24432@1)                                        GDead (320003@1)weight all right, I know you're no righteous leader 
D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                            EmYou're (022000@1)dead weight-all right, that's fine-but get your hands off me 
                           GYou (320003@1)have to touch me with kid gloves 
                          BmYou (x24432@1)have to touch me with kid gloves

Em (022000@1)    BmEm      BmEm      BmEm      Bm (x24432@1)BmBody (x24432@1)to the wind, you talk me out of standstill 
EmI (022000@1)never felt so alive at once 
BmFinger (x24432@1)to the quick, yes I can feel your hand still 
Empressed (022000@1)to the drain of the coming months

Em (022000@1)Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a miserable f**k
         CCheer (x32010@1)me up, cheer me, up I'm a tireless bore 
         G (320003@1)                     F (133211@1)                 EmCheer (022000@1)me up, cheer me up, I'm invisibly stuck all in myself

Yes I'm a vanity whore

G (320003@1)                          DBecause (xx0232@1)it's race and it's power at the center of life, 
        G (320003@1)                    Dwe're (xx0232@1)blind to the people who need us, 
      G (320003@1)                                   F# (244322@1)         Bmbut (x24432@1)you're the kind of person who could understand that fault 
                 G (320003@1)         Aand (x02220@1)I hope to measure you someday.

D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)                GEvery (320003@1)time I close my eyes I see you in front of me
F#m (244222@1)            Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)Pretending in a love like this 
             A (x02220@1)                    EmI (022000@1)have no choice but to put you in back of me
        G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)Don't cover my footsteps
Bm (x24432@1)                                     G (320003@1)Dead weight all right, I know you're no good for me 
Bm (x24432@1)                                        GDead (320003@1)weight all right, I know you're no righteous leader 
D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)                            EmYou're (022000@1)dead weight-all right, that's fine-but get your hands off me 
                           GYou (320003@1)have to touch me with kid gloves 
                          BmYou (x24432@1)have to touch me with kid gloves

Em (022000@1) CG    F (133211@1)Em (022000@1)Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a miserable f**k
         CCheer (x32010@1)me up, cheer me, up I'm a tireless bore 
         G (320003@1)                     F (133211@1)                 EmCheer (022000@1)me up, cheer me up, I'm invisibly stuck all in myself

Yes I'm a vanity whore

Em (022000@1)Cheer me up, cheer me, up I'm a miserable f**k
         CCheer (x32010@1)me up, cheer me, up I'm a tireless bore
             BmWhen (x24432@1)you compromise yourself like that 
           AIt's (x02220@1)a dedication
               Bm (x24432@1)So even on friendship
        
Bm (x24432@1)                                     G (320003@1)Dead weight all right, I know you're no good for me 
Bm (x24432@1)                                        GDead (320003@1)weight all right, I know you're no righteous leader 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)                            EmDead (022000@1)weight-all right, that's fine-but get your hands off me 
                           GYou (320003@1)have to touch me with kid gloves 
                              BmYou (x24432@1)have to touch me with kid    gloves