Intro: E--D-B-C#m-E--D-B-C#m-A--Am-- x2 E-- x2 Verse 1: E D know that you'll soon B E go crazy just like a D B A whittling stick hit by Am the coming daylight cut up in a quick succession E D a pointed confession B E D really stripped of all B A your armor down to your Am very nature beneath E E the haze and vapor gaze Verse 2: E D you're such a willing B E stick to beckon that D B wanting knife you've A been looking for it Am the right blade all E D your life saying who's B E gonna cut me down to a D B size that suits me? A is there a worthy Am sculptor among all E you fine young knives? Refrain 1: D it's enough to make A you take your head B A E and put it on a shelf D to cut the heart out A from your chest B now they'll come A E for that as well Chorus 1: F#m tell me how you do Am that crazy trick where you walk E around asleep F#m save it for your doctor friend the Am one who keeps you E E under lock and key Verse 3: E D you'll soon go screaming B E like a bargain basement D B A lunatic who's not so Am specialized that they couldn't just replace E D you why don't you start B E crying for all that D B you've got left here A why don't you stop Am dying before you E go and get it right Refrain 2: D now you're selling off A B the house so you can A E D buy the farm you cut the heart out from A your chest to let the B A E light in through your arm Chorus 2: F#m tell me how you do Am that crazy trick where you walk E around asleep F#m save it for your doctor friend the Am one who keeps you E under lock and key Refrain 3: D it's enough to make you A B take your head and put A E D it in a bag to cut the A teeth out at the pink B now there's nothing A E A#m in the bag Interlude: C#m--A--F#m--A-- x2 Outro: C#m A foul weather friend you F#m are so dying an amateur A C#m A chemist now king medicine F#m when is it perfect? where A is it leading you? there C#m A is no cure only reprieve F#m some fleeting joy posing A as balance nothing is C#m sure so every four A F#m hours king medicine A(hold) this subject loves you