CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: G C G C G It's complicated, technically I'm certified C A walking declaration, of everything I couldn't get right G Time is just an anchor, but seven years I think I am right C Now you've changed your number, it's like a noose around my life PRE-CHORUS: Em Every pill I took in vain C Every meal for you I made Am D Every penny I put away CHORUS: C G Asking for flowers D Am Is like asking you to be nice Em C Don't tell me you are too tired Am C G C Ten years I've been working nights G My life is like a picture left out too long in the sun C Now I'm trying to remember all the faces of the names I've loved G And all that's left of me now is a cigarette burning bright C And a fading memory of all the things I tried to get right PRE-CHORUS: Em Every pill I took in vain C Every meal for you I made Am D Every plan I tried to make CHORUS: C G Asking for flowers D Am Is like asking you to be nice Em C Don't tell me you are too tired Am C G Ten years I've been working nights INSTRUMENTAL: C G C Em C Am C PRE-CHORUS: Em Every pill I took in vain C Every meal for you I made Am Every pill, I let it pain C Every card I signed my name Em Every time I poured my heart out C Every threat you made to move out Am Every cruel word you let just slip out C Em Every cruel word you let just slip out____ INSTRUMENTAL: Em C Am C D CHORUS: C G Asking for flowers D Am Is like asking you to be nice Em C Don't tell me you are too tired Am C G Ten years I've been working nights Em C Don't tell me you are too tired Am C G CGCG Ten years I've been working nights