BRICK WALL VIEWS - THE LAWRENCE ARMS


the chords are shittly lined up with when you should strum it so use your head  and if 
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e               b                  a
don't break too many hearts.
e              b                    a
don't take too many arrows in the chest.
C#                     e              b                   C#
cry comfortably, let us all know what you're thinking.
e                    b                a
is there a gesture i could use to clearly express
e           b                       a
i'm at an utter loss for words?
C#                 b           a                          e
is there a part of you that's torn? that's larger than life?
e        b               C#
that'll hold on for one more night?

e                     b
i've got a speech to make.
e                     b
followed by a big parade.

e            a
northside. closed eyes.
C#       b            a
all charades go on forever.
e              a
hands tied with fools pride.
C#       b            a
in a slowly fleeing summer.

e            b                 a
just throw your hands up at the sky.
e          b             a
no use trying to explain this.
C#             b                 a
the clouds are mirrors. i'm disguised.
e            b              C#
i'm not all that entertaining.
e              b             a
the city looks the same
e             b              a
until you notice smaller changes.
C#          b             a
it still knows us all by name.
e              b
it holds us close to its heart
C#               b
it holds us close to its heart

a                      b
all my hopes are unaligned.
a                       b       a
this diagnosis is self-designed.

e            a
northside. dead eyes.
C#        b         a
all charades go on forever.
e               a
hands tied with fools pride.
C#       b           a
in a slowly fleeing summer.

e         b          C#                 a
empty rooms don't have pictures to talk to.
e           b          C#              a
brickwall views demand uninspired afternoons.
e           b                 a
the days are flooding into months.
e           b                 C#
the nights are staring into centuries.

a           b            e
i've got some older pictures
a           b           e           C#
of people i see once every couple years.
a               b
intrigued or unamazed.
e            C#                 b             a
"you were so much different back in those days."

e             b                   C#
and now this smile has a bitter curve.
e         b                a
now these eyes are unenchanted.
e               b              C#                e
and all we see is a faded image of what we used to be.
e       b         a
how can we relate

e          b               C#                     a
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
e          b               C#                     a
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
e          b               C#                     a
when we don't know a thing about each other anymore?
e          b               C#                     a
when we don't know each other anymore?

e          b               C#                     b
is there a gesture i could use to clearly express
a            b                e
i'm at an utter loss for words.