Key: C#5 F#5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: C#--F#--Bbm--F#

Guitar 2:
e | ----4----1h2p1--1--- | 
B | -2------------------ | 
G | -------3----------3- | 
D | -------------------- |  x4
A | -------------------- | 
E | -------------------- | 


Verse 1:
           Eb5
When I was younger I wish
                        B5
that I would have known better
Better love makes a fat romance
lasts for more than a shoe
          F#5
shine I'm bolder took all
                Eb5
the words of my mother
                   B5
Saying it could be worse
Could be born with that disease
Instead of catching it first


Refrain 1:
         F#5
So let's go back to the first time
       Bb5
That I met you in your Chevy
          B5
With your hands stretched and me 
                  C#5
crying screaming "mercy mercy"
      F#5
But I know that I was put here
         Eb5
To fight vikings in the cold war
        B5
with my arms out in the front 
         C#5
singing "tear me tear me"


Chorus 1:
             B5
These things take time love
             F#5
These things take backbone
            Eb5
And they'll tell you 
what you want to hear
They say it gets 
C#5
better better
               B5
But you better know how 
                 F#5
to point out the liars
       Eb5
You've got to win 
your wars make sure
You're not fighting 
    C#5
for nothing nothing
Are you fighting for 
B5              B(hold)
nothing nothing


Verse 2:
                   Eb5
It feels like this world has 
                      B5
been growing slowly upside down
Maybe I should move to China
straighten this mess out
                Eb5
Maybe I'll be a poet watch 
                   B5
all the sky for falling words
Write about my grandma's curtains
Or the lady who put the 
chinese buffet in her purse


Refrain 2:
         Eb5
I've got my mouth it's a weapon
     Bb5
It's bombshell it's a cannon
         B5
I've got my words I won't
          C#5
give them mercy mercy


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Guitar Solo: Ebm--C#--B--Bb-- x2, B--C#--


Bridge:
     Ebm(hold)
I've got my words
       F#(hold)
I hope they hurt you
       B(hold)
I hope they scar you
I hope they will hear you
            Eb5
I hope they cut you open
make you seal the warn
    Bb5
For all the wrong
F#5
reasons make you see
that some things were
      Bb5
worth bruising for
F#5
Make you see that your 
             Bb5
name is your honor code
F#5
Make you see that your
               Bb5
hands you're accounted for
F#5
They can choose where your
              Bb5
sweat and you blood will
   F#5
go Make you see your life's
          Bb5
not to be lived alone
F#5
Run the strip through your hair
             C#5
You're worth nothing nothing


Chorus 2:
             B5
These things take time love
             F#5
These things take backbone
            Eb5
And they'll tell you 
what you want to hear
They say it gets 
C#5
better better
               B5
But you better know how 
                 F#5
to point out the liars
       Eb5
You've got to win 
your wars make sure
You're not fighting 
    C#5
for nothing nothing
Are you fighting for
             B5
These things take time love
             F#5
These things take backbone
            Eb5
And they'll tell you 
what you want to hear
They say it gets 
C#5
better better
               B5
But you better know how 
                 F#5
to point out the liars
       Eb5
You've got to win 
your wars make sure
You're not fighting 
    C#5
for nothing nothing
Are you fighting for 
B(hold)        Bm(hold)
nothing nothing