Jawbreaker
Sluttering May 4th
Dear You
1995 Jade Tree Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -   022100
B -   x24442
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444


Intro: E-F#m-C#m-A- x2


Verse 1:
E                F#m
  Flattered that you 
C#m
   think I warrant 
A       E
ugliness Gutters 
      F#m
drain west
           C#m
mud made a mess of us
     A
It's time to 
           A    F#m
leave this place


Interlude:
E-F#m-C#m-A-E-F#m-C#m-G#m-A-F#m-


Verse 2:
E                      F#m
  I'd saw through your wrist 
C#m                 A
   to find a better trap that fits
E                       F#m
   I'd saw through your traps 
          C#m
to find a better you
  A                A    F#m
A part of you that lasts


Verse 3:
E                    F#m
  I saw through your trap 
C#m         A
   and into my own wrists
E             F#m
  Saw we were through
             C#m
red ribbons spill to blue
  A                  A   F#m
A sight to sore your eyes


Chorus 1:
C#m           A
   I got this dress
           E
I'm hiking it around 
     B
this waste of laughter
C#m            A
   Slow dance alone with 
       E
no one to the sound 
   B
of four hands clapping
C#m        A
   Congratulations to you 
E               B          
both I hope somewhere

you're happy If there's 

a moral to this story 

then I wish you'd show me


Verse 4:
E             F#m
  Hair in the blood
C#m           A
   fly in the disappointment
E            F#m
  Rubber I'm glue I'll 
          C#m
write the book on you
      A             A   F#m
It's sticking to my face


Interlude:
E-F#m-C#m-A-E-F#m-C#m-G#m-A-F#m-


Verse 5:
E
  You need a little 
F#m C#m
less   than what you 
A
take for granted
E             F#m
  This is the sip that's 
         C#m
drinking back from you
A                 A   F#m
Blacking out your eyes


Verse 6:
E                   F#m
  You need a little more 
   C#m             A
suppression of you appetites
E              F#m
  This is your honeymoon
   C#m
in separate rooms
     A                 A     F#m
It's neither sweet nor bright


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Breakdown: G#m--A-- x8


Chorus 2:
C#m         A
   I made a word to 
           E
give this state a name 
     B
this game a guess
C#m           A
  I call it "sluttering"
   E
It means as little 
B              C#m
as your little test
            A
You are your worst 
             E
revenge Your very means
     B
they have no ends
C#m           A
   This is a story you won't 
E                   B
tell the kids we'll never 
     C#m
have If you hear this 
A              E
song a hundred times it 
            B
still won't be enough
C#m
If you hear this 
A              E
song a hundred times it 
            B        C#m(hold)
still won't be enough