Capo 11
Picked:
G
Take everything you know and write it on your skin
D
And you can carry on and forget everything
C G
Take everything you own and put it in your car
D
You can drive away, drive away so far,
C G
And drive into a lake and take off all your clothes,
D
Set your clothes on fire, now you are alone
C G
But you've got all you know written on your skin,
D
So you can carry on and forget everything
Strummed:
PRE-CHORUS:
G C G
All the things I'd rather be,
C G
All the things I'd rather be
Strummed:
CHORUS:
G Em
I can't, I can't, I can't stay around here
C G
I can, only leave
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Picked:
G
Take everything you know and write it on your skin
D
And you can carry on and forget everything
C G
Take everything you own and put it in your car
D
You can drive away, drive away so far,
C G
And drive into a lake and take off all your clothes,
D
Set your clothes on fire, now you are alone
C G
But you've got all you know written on your skin,
D
So you can carry on and forget everything
Strummed:
PRE-CHORUS:
G C G
All the things I'd rather be,
C G
All the things I'd rather be
Strummed:
CHORUS:
G Em
I can't, I can't, I can't stay around here
C G
I can, only leave
G Em
I can't, I can't, I can't stay around here
C G
I can, only leave
Picked:
MID-SECTION:
G D
Life feels like a music box, I'm spinning round slowly and I can't get off
G D
And life feels like a music box, I'm spinning round slowly and I can't get off
Strummed:
G D
(Let's start again)
And life feels like a music box (start again), I'm spinning round slowly and I can't get off
(let's start again)
G D
And life feels like a music box (start again) I'm spinning round slowly and I can't get off
Strummed:
CHORUS:
G Em
I can't, I can't, I can't stay around here
C G
I can, only leave
G Em
I can't, I can't, I can't stay around here
C G
I can, only leave
G C G
I can't, I can't, I can't stay around here.