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


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


Verse 1:
F           Dm          Bb
  I catalog these steps now
F              Dm   Bb            
  decisive and intentioned
   F
precise and patterned 
   Dm     Bb    F    Dm Bb
specifically to yours
F                 Bm  Bb
  I'm talented at breathing
F            Dm  Bb
  especially exhaling
   F
so that my chest will 
Dm       Bb        F    Dm Bb
rise and fall with yours


F--Dm-Bb- x4


Verse 2:
I'm careful not to wake you

fearing conversation

It's better just to hold 

you and keep you pacified

I'm talented with reason

I cover all the angles

I can fail before I EVER try

Try to understand,theres an 

old mistake that fools will make

And i'm the king of them,pushing everything that's good away.
So won't you hold me now? (I will not bend.I will not break.)
Won't you hold me now? (I will not bend.I will not break.)
I am fairly agile. I can bend and not break.
Or I can break and take it with a smile.
I am so resilient. I recover quickly.
I'll convince you soon that i am fine.
Try to understand,theres an old mistake that fools will make.
And i'm the king of them,pushing everything that's good away.
So won't you hold me now? (I will not bend.I will not break.)
Won't you hold me now? (For you I rise for you I fall.)
Try to understand,theres an old mistake that fools will make.
And i'm the king of them,pushing everything that's good away.
So won't you hold me now? Won't you hold me now?: