I was just trying to figure out this amazing song and I figure I'd contribute my
so others can enjoy.


The strumming is done by picking down on a bass note then strumming up on the bottom 
then picking down on the next bass note and then up again on the bottom strings.

For the F - F7 parts I use an open chord and switch between:
1---  0---|
1---  1---|
-2--  -2--|
--3-  --3-|
----  ----|
----  ----|

I don't think the other chords matter.

Intro
F (133211@1) F7 (131241@1)Bbm (x13321@1)              DmI (xx0231@1)know a girl with cuts on her legs.
A (x02220@1)                        A#I (x1333x@1)think that she hates the way she was made,
A (x02220@1)                   A#but (x1333x@1)we never spoke of why they were there,
Dm (xx0231@1)                     A#I (x1333x@1)just squeezed them and kissed them
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)         FF7
'til we both felt a bit better.


Bbm (x13321@1)                        DmAnd (xx0231@1)now I've returned to the town where she dwells;
A (x02220@1)                         A#that (x1333x@1)small lonely cabin her grandfather built,
A (x02220@1)                          A#I (x1333x@1)suppose that's where she's imprisoned herself,
Dm (xx0231@1)               A# (x1333x@1)            F (133211@1)       Cto (x32010@1)write all those words she's too scared to tell -
Dm (xx0231@1)       A# (x1333x@1)               F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)             FF7
those sad, short stories of a girl curled up in her shell.


Dm (xx0231@1)      A (x02220@1)     F (133211@1)          CNight (x32010@1)and day she tends to the bar.
F (133211@1)           F7 (131241@1)              A# (x1333x@1)      FShe (133211@1)pours the drinks, they pour out their hearts.
Dm (xx0231@1)     A (x02220@1)        F (133211@1)   CAll (x32010@1)that sorrow and al-co-hol

F (133211@1)                F7weighs (131241@1)hard on her thoughts,
       Bbmso (x13321@1)she writes them down .
Bbm (x13321@1)                F (133211@1)F7she (131241@1)loves them all.


BbmAnd (x13321@1)when we'd make love
Dmshe'd (xx0231@1)stare in my eyes .
A (x02220@1)                  A#I (x1333x@1)swore we had met a thousand times.
A (x02220@1)                 A#Thousands (x1333x@1)of lives, thousands of nights .
      Dm (xx0231@1)    A# (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)      CShe'd (x32010@1)written within a thousand lines.

(pause)


Dm (xx0231@1)      A (x02220@1)     F (133211@1)          CNight (x32010@1)and day she tends to her bar.
F (133211@1)            F7 (131241@1)         A# (x1333x@1)    FShe (133211@1)pours me a drink for my thirsty heart.
Dm (xx0231@1)   A (x02220@1)         F (133211@1)   CAll (x32010@1)my sorrow's in al-co-hol 
F (133211@1)             F7 (131241@1)       Bbmshe (x13321@1)holds up the cup to my parched lips
            F (133211@1) F7for (131241@1)a kiss.