I got the chords from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86XfOfD9dZE
Watch the video to help with the strumming pattern, especially in the chorus and bridge/breakdown.

CHORDS USED:

Fm: |1|3|3|x|x|x|       Em:  |0|2|2|x|x|x|

Gm: |3|5|5|x|x|x|       G#m: |4|6|6|x|x|x|

Bb: |x|1|3|3|x|x|       C: |x|3|5|5|x|x|

C#: |x|4|6|6|x|x|       D#: |x|6|8|8|x|x|

F: |x|8|10|10|x|x|      F/A: |x|7|10|10|x|x|



VERSE 1:

Fm             Gm
You're my favorite explosion.

Fm                           C
A violin with no hands plays symphonies with no words.

Fm
A drowning boy with no voice prays

Gm
Someone up there's telling me,

Fm
You'd better not get back up

          C
I spit my heart into this red cup.

G#m                                            Gm
I'd better pick it back up, it might ruin your night.



PRE CHORUS:

              F                             Bb
And she said, "Baby, leave the water by the bed for later,

Gm                             G#m
and I woke up without a single drop.



CHORUS:

I told myself...

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.



VERSE 2:

         Fm
She said paint a picture of me,

            C
Throw your dress up and your heart away.

      Fm
Yeah, I heard what you said. A friend of a friend,

      Gm                             Fm
These strangers at the party never paid.

                              C
And if that doesn't turn you on.

C                                   G#m
I'll keep talking till something does.

                              Gm              C# (single strum)
As we're covered in sand, you roll over and smile.


CHORUS:

I told myself...

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.



BRIDGE:

F                 F, F/A
And until that day,

                               C#          Bb
I'll steal you flowers from the cemetery, red...


BREAKDOWN:

Fm, Fm, Fm-Em, Em, Em (x2)

Roses. Red rose of the dead.
How does it feel to breathe oxygen inside her head?


BRIDGE:

Fm                         C
So say it, say I'm in love, cause you called me

G#m                  Gm
Crying from your job, said you just got

Fm                          C
Fired, and you don't have a backup plan,

G#m                    Gm
so don't expect me to understand.

(A diamond bullet and a gun made of gold, she was covered in blood last seen in San Francisco.)

   Fm
We all breakdown.

               C                      Fm
Sometimes the bedroom walls become my only friends,

               Gm                      Fm
but they were there from beginning to end.



CHORUS:

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
You know I've never held a gun in my life,

F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums)
but now I carry one around in case I see you tonight.


OUTRO:

Bb      C
Bedroom walls.

          Fm      Gm
Oh, these bedroom walls.

      Fm
Oh, I hate what it tastes like.