Intro C Verse 1 C F C I'm glad that you still came by Am F C It wasn't really icy outside F Am I was just in one of my moods F G C Now we're laughing on bed sheets in my room Verse 2 C F C My mother she slept on the couch Am F C While deer hooves made holes in the ground F Am Maybe my brother's blood F G C Dripped on me from the top bunk Chorus G Am F G Am F I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own G Am F C And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own Verse 3 C F C The neighbors were young back then Am F C And their homes were new to them F Am Now they can't sleep at night F G C Am G C 'Cause their husbands are dying inside, their husbands are dying inside Chorus G Am F G Am F I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own G Am F And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own Interlude AFEFCG Bridge Am These houses are headstones F Em These basements they are graves F C G After getting out, I never thought I would want back in C I want back in Chorus G Am F G Am F I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own G Am F G Fm And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own G Am F everybody's tale's better than my own G Am F C And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own