Intro
F G F G *Dead Strum*
F G Am* E5/G#
Verse 1
N.C.
Holt's above my hideout
N.C.
I dug this hole beneath the floorboards
N.C.
Buzzing bad and locked in
N.C.
Try to not recall
FAm
Counting numbered days
GF
From the wheel we cried to clutch
FAm
Looking for some inspired land
Gm* D5/F# Riff 1*
But all I found were empty cans and cigarette butts
Mid-Verse Riff
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------1-----------1-|----------1----------1---|
G|---------0-----------0----|-------0----------0------|
D|------2-----------2-------|----0----------0---------|
A|---3-----------3----------|-2----------2------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|(x4)
Lining dirty parking lots in Ottawa
(Glazed eyes, trying to rub away at the sketches of the...)
Daytime
When every second of sun's the same
G (palm mute)
What's the point of staying awake?
Fill
FAmGF
F Am Gm* D5/F#
Verse 2
F (palm mute)
Your hands are out and I see
Am (palm mute) Gm* (palm mute)
You're asking me for a vowel but I am weak and I am stubborn
G7m (palm mute)
So I'll say "This is all I have right now"
E5/G# (palm mute)
But I want to make something good
Am* (palm mute)
I want to make something better
F (palm mute)
Something that cannot leave the ground
F (let ring)
Unless we lift it up together
Chorus
CG
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away
AmF
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day
C
It's a note to self mislaid
GAm
You ate the words you always used to say
GF
There will be no more f**king around today
Breakdown
*let each chord ring except the E. I quickly transition from E to Gm when I play this*
Am F E Gm* Gm* F E Gm*
Verse 3
AmFGF
Drunk and worthless, spewing bullsh*t all across the stage
AmF
Wake up and we find new hiding places
GF
Trying desperately to escape
G Am* B*
The glare from our stupid, spineless
(I don't believe you, you're all the same)
C* G* C* G
Words just whining, every f**king day
F
What do I really want to say?
Chorus
N.C. G
Where I want to be still seems a thousand miles away
AmF
But pretending we feel safe right here gets harder every day
C
It's a note to self mislaid
GAm
You ate the words you always used to say
GF
There will be no more f**king around today