Tabbed by: adslam3


This is the first song off of the "bruises from your bad dreams" EP.

For the verses, you should play the A like a barre chord (577655).
I've seen Jarrod use an open A (-02220) for the chorus.

The chords ending in "5" are just power chords: D5 -577-- , C#5 -466--,
B5 -244--.
A chord chart is at the bottom.
ENJOY.



VERSE 1
A5
It's been several hours,
F#5
Since our incident
B5
Clothes are torn, glass shattered
D5       C#5          B5          E5
It was a year leading up to this event,
          D5         C#5             B5          E5
She had a melt down, cried wolf, and can't be trusted

A5
You took the biggest knife in the kitchen you could find,
F#5
Called the police and claimed that I was trying,
B5                                     D5                   E5
Trying to kill you, when in fact I was trying to save your life
A5
You had me trapped in my own apartment,
F#5
24 hours, dodging clenched fists,
B5                                           D5          E5
Scribbling letters, bidding your friends and family farewell


CHORUS
A5                     F#5
Desperate hands and a hollow heart, 
B5                        D5          E5
Whiskey unleash the beast starving inside of me,
A5             F#5
No one will understand us.
      B5                     D5             E5
Feel less like her lover and more like her father


VERSE 2
A5
Are you gonna be a good girl?
F#5
Can you make me that promise?
B5
Not to lash out on me, 
D5        C#5              B5            E5
How is it that you made my life a living hell,
      D5         C#5       B5        E5
But I still find you to be irreplaceable 

A5
Which of my things did you sneak out last night?
F#5
In hopes to bring us together one last time
B5                               D5        E5
Ransom being the only thing that you have left


CHORUS
A5                     F#5
Desperate hands and a hollow heart, 
B5                        D5          E5
Whiskey unleash the beast starving inside of me,
A5             F#5
No one will understand us.
      B5                     D5             E5
Feel less like her lover and more like her father


BRIDGE
F#5           D5              A5          E5
Threatened to throw yourself out of the car
   F#5       D5            A5            E5
In rush hour traffic, sixteen miles an hour. 
                 F#5  D5           A5       E5
There's a better way,   don't you think?
           F#5 D5             A5       E5
Just if we wait until we get home


CHORUS 3/End
A5                     F#5
Desperate hands and a hollow heart, 
B5                        D5          E5
Whiskey unleash the beast starving inside of me,
A5             F#5
No one will understand us.
      B5                     D5             E5
Feel less like her lover and more like her father

END on A