• Song:

    Picking Up The Pieces

  • Artist:

    Blue October

Capo on 1

INTRO - : Bb5 - C5 :

Verse:
F5                          C5
I really need to talk with you
       D5
I keep stepping on the vein
              Bb5
That keeps my lifeline flowing through.
F5                                C5
I wanna be your perfect stick of glue
                 D5
But I don't feel perfect at all,

A Sad and insecure flaw
F5                             C5
I find it hard to hold conversation
        D5                            Bb5
I get sweaty, sick, and I wanna walk away
         F5                                     C5
It's not you, this is strictly me in this situation
                       D5
I'm wondering will it ever go away? Just go away...

PRE-CHORUS
Bb5
Sometimes I feel like weeping
A5
Awake and when I'm sleeping
Ab5                     F5
Perfecting how to put a game face on
Bb5
This puzzle I've been keeping
A5
Has been in hiding creeping
Ab5                           A5
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;

CHORUS
    F5 C5 D5         Bb5             F5   C5   D5   Bb5
How long will I be picking up the pieces?
    F5 C5 D5         Bb5        ...          C5
How long will I be picking up my heart?

VERSE
F5                       C5
I'll be as honest as I feel
                  D5
I'm getting more paranoid, and I'm hearing things
          Bb5                   F5
And they never turn out real.
                                   C5
It feels like my heart is made of pure steel,
              D5
It's just so heavy all the time.

           (little interlude here, obviously)
F5                                          C5
Yea I'm scared of death, I'm scared of living
   D5                                 Bb5
I gave up on the past 'cause it was unforgiving
F5
I misplaced my trust,
            C5
Watched my words begin to rust,
       D5
I'm a balloon about to bust
           Bb5
I need a place for reliving still - 





CHORUS 2
     F5        C5               D5
How long in another place in time,
Bb5               F5             C5            D5    Bb5
  Picking up the pieces in the corner of my mind?
     F5        C5               D5
How long, living oh so hard to find,
Bb5               F5             C5            D5    Bb5
  Picking up the pieces in the corner of my mind?
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