Jawbreaker
Sluttering May 4th
Dear You
1995 Jade Tree Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
Intro: E-F#m-C#m-A- x2
Verse 1:
E F#m
Flattered that you
C#m
think I warrant
A E
ugliness Gutters
F#m
drain west
C#m
mud made a mess of us
A
It's time to
A F#m
leave this place
Interlude:
E-F#m-C#m-A-E-F#m-C#m-G#m-A-F#m-
Verse 2:
E F#m
I'd saw through your wrist
C#m A
to find a better trap that fits
E F#m
I'd saw through your traps
C#m
to find a better you
A A F#m
A part of you that lasts
Verse 3:
E F#m
I saw through your trap
C#m A
and into my own wrists
E F#m
Saw we were through
C#m
red ribbons spill to blue
A A F#m
A sight to sore your eyes
Chorus 1:
C#m A
I got this dress
E
I'm hiking it around
B
this waste of laughter
C#m A
Slow dance alone with
E
no one to the sound
B
of four hands clapping
C#m A
Congratulations to you
E B
both I hope somewhere
you're happy If there's
a moral to this story
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then I wish you'd show me
Verse 4:
E F#m
Hair in the blood
C#m A
fly in the disappointment
E F#m
Rubber I'm glue I'll
C#m
write the book on you
A A F#m
It's sticking to my face
Interlude:
E-F#m-C#m-A-E-F#m-C#m-G#m-A-F#m-
Verse 5:
E
You need a little
F#m C#m
less than what you
A
take for granted
E F#m
This is the sip that's
C#m
drinking back from you
A A F#m
Blacking out your eyes
Verse 6:
E F#m
You need a little more
C#m A
suppression of you appetites
E F#m
This is your honeymoon
C#m
in separate rooms
A A F#m
It's neither sweet nor bright
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Breakdown: G#m--A-- x8
Chorus 2:
C#m A
I made a word to
E
give this state a name
B
this game a guess
C#m A
I call it "sluttering"
E
It means as little
B C#m
as your little test
A
You are your worst
E
revenge Your very means
B
they have no ends
C#m A
This is a story you won't
E B
tell the kids we'll never
C#m
have If you hear this
A E
song a hundred times it
B
still won't be enough
C#m
If you hear this
A E
song a hundred times it
B C#m(hold)
still won't be enough
