Crooked Spine

           F#5
Hey Mrs. Crooked Spine

Walking ominously

Swingin' right leg after left
                G#5
You're drinking bottle after bottle 
of uncertainty

It seems but
            B
You've had metal rods put in your 
back

So show them what that means
              F#5
Yeah, your ex-lover owes you money

And I don't think he's coming 
through
             G#5
Cause he's a scumbag alcoholic

Lost his way at 22
          B
He's a spineless ordinary

Without a single rod to hold his 
back up straight


[Bridge]
F#5      Eb     D      C#      
                Stop acting 
C        B
like you don't deserve happiness


[Verse 2]
           F#5
I saw you trapped inside a cave

As I was resting on a hill
         G#5
Hans was in there with you too

The wood arising for the kill
            B
I tried to pull you out

But couldn't get you

Through that two foot gap
          F#5
I walkеd away in pace and panic

I wasn't sure of what to do
                 G#5
The dеad moss resting by an isolated
 boulder was a clue
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                  B
Sometimes there's no way out

Sometimes you drown with loved ones 
there to watch


[Bridge]
F#5     Eb      D      C#       
                Stop feeling 
 C           B
like you were never important to me


[Chorus]
F#                  B
Strong Spine Sammy Jane

You're lighting your whole world up

By your feet up and bruised like you
 used to be
F#                B
S-Shaped Vertebrae

You've got stories to tell the world

Don't be so scared to tell them what
 you've been through

[instrumental Break]
F#5   G#5   B

[Verse 3]
                 F#5
I'm sure you're fed up with the 
distance

As much as me, and if not more
              G#5
But we don't show that much 
resistance

Never settled up a score
            B
Maybe we're cold and some what 
callus

From all the bullshit we've endured
             F#5
Like growing up around addiction

The leeches screaming at the walls
              G#5
As we deliberate between letting it 
bring and picking up the calls
              B
To a slurred out conversation

Filled with shame and brutal 
self-deprecation


[Bridge]
F#5    Eb      D      C#        
               Stop talking like
C        B
 you don't deserve anything


[Chorus]
F#                  B
Strong Spine Sammy Jane

You're lighting your whole world up

By your feet up and bruised like you
 used to be
F#               B
S-Shaped Vertebrae

You've got stories to tell the world

Don't be so scared to tell them what
 you've been through


[Verse 4]
F#                        B
I know I wasn't good to you

When we were growing up

And I blame myself for doing damage 
to your confidence
F#                         B
I wish I could take it back

Despite how much we've overcome

I was such an angry child

But that's no excuse to lean on

F#5     Eb      D      C#       

 C           B

[Other]
              F#5
You worried endlessly for days

About the scar upon your back
             G#5
I said that scar was something 
special

No matter how some kids react
          B
You have spinal reinforcement