Lawrence Arms
I'll Take What's In The Box Monty
Apathy And Exhaustion
2002
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: G

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
G -    320033
D -    xx0232
Em -   022000
C -    x32010
D/F# - 2x023x


Intro: G-Em-C-- x4


Verse 1:
     G
the sky burns black
blue bruised over these
C                G
lights from the station
these shitty cars
these liquor store
C    D      G
signs let's walk and
   D/F#      Em
pretend that we're at
    C            G
the end of this scraping
     D/F#
this burning this
 Em
"the hard way"
C            G
learning i'm sick
       D        C
you're tired oh yeah


Verse 2:
    G
the leaves lay in graves
on cracked sidewalk
C        G
tiles on backs box bent
              C
concave under weights
        G
i'm not fine 
        D/F#
i'm not fine
        Em
and i'm not 
        C
the one crying
        G
i'm not fine 
        D/F#
i'm not fine
        Em
and i'm not 
        C
the one crying
    G
I'm sick you're
D        C
tired oh yeah


Chorus 1:
       G         D
it can happen to you
         Em        C
well i'd love to believe
         G
but i'm slamming this
D         Em
bottle on this same
        C
damned street. i've
G           D
melted i've felt it
    Em
it stings worse than
C    G
pain apathy and
  D           Em
exhaustion it all
          C
seems the same
      G  Em C
fire away
       G  Em C
fire away
       G  Em C
fire away
       G  Em C
fire away


Verse 3:
G
  sit next to

me we can talk
        C
or just kiss
G
  you can rub my
palm and say
you're better
     C
than this your
 G
smile makes me
D/F#
cry when it's
Em
not on there
C
right and
G       D/F#
i'm not fine
        Em
and i'm not
        C
the one crying 
    G
I'm sick you're
D        C
tired oh yeah


Chorus 2:
       G         D
it can happen to you
         Em        C
well i'd love to believe
         G
but i'm slamming this
D         Em
bottle on this same
        C
damned street. i've
G           D
melted i've felt it
    Em
it stings worse than
C    G
pain apathy and
  D           Em
exhaustion it all
          C
seems the same
      G  Em C
fire away
       G  Em C
fire away
       G  Em C
fire away
       G  Em C
fire away

G-Em-C-- x4


Bridge: Slower Beat
G                  C
  i'm dragging you down
            Em
because i'm lonely
    D           C
and i need you around
    G            C
i'm dragging you down
            Em
because i'm lonely
    D           C
and i need you around
    G         C
so smile and sleep
    G         C
so smile and sleep
           Em      D
and in the morning creep 
            C
you out the door i don't
Em             D
know what you stayed
          C
this long for. 
           Em      D
and in the morning creep 
            C
you out the door i don't
Em             D
know what you stayed
          C
this long for.


Outro:
      G  Em C
fire away
      G  D/F# Em C
fire away
      G
fire away
Em
yeah yeah
C
yeah yeah
      G
fire away
      D/F#
fire away
      Em D C(hold)
fire away