Intro riff (played at parts trough out the song!)
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C#m (x13321@4)       
I've got a book of matches

A (x02220@1)        F#mI've (244222@1)got a can of kerosene

C#m (x13321@4)                     A (x02220@1)      F#mI've (244222@1)got some bad ideas involving you and me

C#mI (x13321@4)don't blame you for walking away

    A (x02220@1)              F#mI (244222@1)touched myself had thoughts of flames

 C#m 
I shat the bed and laid there in it

 A (x02220@1)            F#m (244222@1)           C#m(INTRO (x13321@4)RIFF) AThinking (x02220@1)of you wide awake for days

F#mWide (244222@1)awake for days

C#m - A - F#m


C#m (x13321@4)                       A (x02220@1)      F#mAnd (244222@1)I found you tongue-tied in my twisted little brain

C#mYou (x13321@4)couldn't crack a smile

A (x02220@1)       F#mI (244222@1)didn't catch your name

C#mI (x13321@4)don't blame you for walking away

    A (x02220@1)           F#mI'd (244222@1)do the same if I saw me

C#m 
I swear it's not contagious

              A (x02220@1)          BIn (x2444x@1)four short steps we can erase this

EStep (022100@1)one -- slit my throat
     
     A (x02220@1)                   B (x2444x@1)Step two -- play in my blood

E (022100@1)                                            A (x02220@1)                 BStep (x2444x@1)three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house

E (022100@1)                                            A (x02220@1)               BStep (x2444x@1)four -- stop off at Edgebrook Creek and rinse your crimson hands

A (x02220@1)                     BYou (x2444x@1)took me hostage and made your demands

A (x02220@1)                          B (x2444x@1)                       C#mI (x13321@4)couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one

(INTRO RIFF) C#m - A - F#m


REPEAT 

I'm like a broken record
I've got a needle scratching me
It injects the poison of alcohol I.V.
I don't blame you for walking away
I'd do the same if I saw me
I swear it's not contagious
I swear to God it's not contagious

Step one -- slit my throat
Step two -- play in my blood
Step three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house
Step four -- stop at Lake Michigan and rinse your crimson hands
You took me hostage and made your demands
I couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one

C#m (x13321@4)                A (x02220@1)        F#mThis (244222@1)could be love - love for fire

C#m (x13321@4)                A (x02220@1)       F#mThis (244222@1)could be love - love for fire

C#m (x13321@4)                A (x02220@1)       F#mThis (244222@1)could be love - love for fire

C#m (x13321@4)                  A (x02220@1)     BThis (x2444x@1)could be love for fire forevermore

Step one -- slit my throat
Step two -- play in my blood
Step three -- cover me in dirty sheets and run laughing out of the house
Step four -- stop at Berkeley Marina and rinse your crimson hands
You took me hostage and made your demands
I couldn't meet them so you cut off my fingers, one by one
One by one