I got the chords from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86XfOfD9dZE
Watch the video to help with the strumming pattern, especially in the chorus and bridge/breakdown.
CHORDS USED:
Fm: |1|3|3|x|x|x| Em: |0|2|2|x|x|x|
Gm: |3|5|5|x|x|x| G#m: |4|6|6|x|x|x|
Bb: |x|1|3|3|x|x| C: |x|3|5|5|x|x|
C#: |x|4|6|6|x|x| D#: |x|6|8|8|x|x|
F: |x|8|10|10|x|x| F/A: |x|7|10|10|x|x|
VERSE 1:
Fm Gm
You're my favorite explosion.
Fm C
A violin with no hands plays symphonies with no words.
Fm
A drowning boy with no voice prays
Gm
Someone up there's telling me,
Fm
You'd better not get back up
C
I spit my heart into this red cup.
G#m Gm
I'd better pick it back up, it might ruin your night.
PRE CHORUS:
F Bb
And she said, "Baby, leave the water by the bed for later,
Gm G#m
and I woke up without a single drop.
CHORUS:
I told myself...
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
VERSE 2:
Fm
She said paint a picture of me,
C
Throw your dress up and your heart away.
Fm
Yeah, I heard what you said. A friend of a friend,
Gm Fm
These strangers at the party never paid.
C
And if that doesn't turn you on.
C G#m
I'll keep talking till something does.
Gm C# (single strum)
As we're covered in sand, you roll over and smile.
CHORUS:
I told myself...
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F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
BRIDGE:
F F, F/A
And until that day,
C# Bb
I'll steal you flowers from the cemetery, red...
BREAKDOWN:
Fm, Fm, Fm-Em, Em, Em (x2)
Roses. Red rose of the dead.
How does it feel to breathe oxygen inside her head?
BRIDGE:
Fm C
So say it, say I'm in love, cause you called me
G#m Gm
Crying from your job, said you just got
Fm C
Fired, and you don't have a backup plan,
G#m Gm
so don't expect me to understand.
(A diamond bullet and a gun made of gold, she was covered in blood last seen in San Francisco.)
Fm
We all breakdown.
C Fm
Sometimes the bedroom walls become my only friends,
Gm Fm
but they were there from beginning to end.
CHORUS:
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
You know I've never held a gun in my life,
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums)
but now I carry one around in case I see you tonight.
OUTRO:
Bb C
Bedroom walls.
Fm Gm
Oh, these bedroom walls.
Fm
Oh, I hate what it tastes like.
