Motion City Soundtrack – Boxelder

(Listen to the timing & rhythm & it should make sense)

Intro/Verse – Riff 1

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Hey Box Elder, where'd you go?
Hey Box Elder, take me with you

Loneliness, I don't exist, that's fine, okay
A slickened wrist and all of this will end, okay?
Hey Box Elder, I'm terrified of everything at night
Hey Box Elder, I'm terrified of what I lack inside me

Pre Chorus

Bb        B             F#      B   F#  F
Caught me talking to myself again
One by one, we all go marching in

Chorus

B       F#           Cm         Bb
I hate myself and no one else
But I lie so well, that you'd never tell
If I let you in, it would end us both

B
I care too much to leave this host

Verse – Riff 1

Loneliness, I don't exist, that's fine, okay
December's gift, a constant fist to spine, okay
I'm terrified of everything at night
Hey Box Elder
A dying wish to care if I exist
Hey Box Elder

Pre Chorus

Bb        B             F#      B   F#  F
Caught me talking to myself again
One by one, we all go marching in

Chorus
B       F#           Cm         Bb
I hate myself and no one else
But I lie so well, that you'd never tell
If I let you in, it would end us both

B
I care too much to leave this host

Chorus 2
B       F#           Cm         Bb
When loneliness comes crashing in
I will always sink, I'll never swim
It's the game I play, it's the course I curse

B
The constant captive at my worst

Bridge (Listen to timing & rhythm)

F#   B   D#     Cm
               When I'm at my worst
               When I'm at my worst
               When I'm at my worst

F#   B    D# Cm
Hey Box Elder,
Take me with you
Hey Box Elder,
Take me with you

Riff 1