Intro:
G#m--E-- x2
G#m--F#--Ebm-E- x3
G#m--F#/Bb-B-E-
Verse 1:
G#mF#EbmEG#m
I live in a hotel
F#EEm
I must keep writing
G#mF#EbmE
if I'm to be better
G#mF#/BbBE
than every---one else
G#mEbmF#E
like figure skating
G#mEbmF#E
like asphy-xi-ating
GEbmFE
on your own
G#mEbm
seeping fumes you're
F#E
just waiting
Interlude:
G#m--F#--Ebm-E- x3
G#m--F#/Bb-B-E-
Verse 2:
GF#EbmEG#m
living in a hotel
F#EbE
but I'm not traveling
G#mF#EbmE
between two points
G#m
in mid air I'm
F#/BbBEG#Ebm
levi----tating above
F#E
the earth beneath
G#mEbm
the sky with eyes
F#EG#mEbm
like static in my
F#E
three feet from
G#m
bed to wall there
EbmF#E
sleeps a genius
Chorus 1:
Ebm
leave me here
E
to my devices
F#
the call could
E
come at any time
Ebm
they're playing
love songs on
E
the radio tonight
G#m
I can't relate
E
to that right now
Post Chorus:
G#m--F#--Ebm-E- x3
G#m--F#/Bb-B-E-
Verse 3:
GF#EbmE
note to self
G#m
no one cares your
F#EEm
voice is average
G#mF#EbmE
in worried piles
G#m
I typed for miles
F#/BBE
and you just stood
G#mEbmF#E
there I will be-gin
G#m
I will put right
EbmFE
this morning terror
G#mEbmF#E
I have been kissed
G#m
between the ears
EbmFE
with human error
Chorus 2:
Ebm
leave me here to my
EF#
devices I need a word
EEbm
to change my life
I've tied my ankles
E
to the table legs
G#m
with wire he can't
E
write so much as type
Interlude:
B--G#m--F#--E--
B--F#--Ebm--E-
B--G#m--F#--E--
B--F#--Ebm--E-
Chorus 3:
Ebm
leave me here to
EF#
my devices I can't
think with all this
EEbm
noise they're
playing love songs
E
on your radio tonight
G#m
I don't get those
E
songs on mine
Outro:
F#
you keep f**king
E
up my life
F#
you keep f**king
E
up my life
F#
you keep f**king
E
up my life
F#
you keep f**king
E(hold)
up my life