Gyroscope

 Intro
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  C
 She’s wearing too much lipstick
    G
 tonight The little black dress a 
little
      Am
 too tight She tires to make small 
talk
                                 C
 but it drips with spite She knows 
that
 he’s coming; it’s really all right
               G

   Am
 Nobody here could know how she
  C                             G
 feels Not getting drunk and she 
hates
                            Am
 wearing heels She tries to stand 
but
 the room seems to bend and reel Her
                   C      G


 friends all keep asking why can’t 
she
          Am   C
 just deal If she spins fast enough 
than
  C
 maybe the broken pieces of her 
heart
  G                             Am
 will stay together But ain’t no
 gyroscope can spin forever, yea If 
  Am         F      C
she
 spins fast enough than maybe the
          C

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 broken pieces of her heart will 
                    G
stay
                 Am
 together But ain’t no gyroscope can
          Am         F     C
 spin forever, yea He says it’s over
 and
 it’s such a relief It’s finally 
 G
happened
 and he’s making his peace All the
                Am


 reminders don’t bother him in the
  C       G
 least The Jekyll and Hyde shit will
               Am     C
 finally cease His eyes on fire and 
his
                           G       
 hands kind of shake Like his voice
  Am
 is
                              C
 ready to break You kind of wonder
 long this boy’s been awake Or
               G


 how much less sense one person can
  Am     C
 make If he spins fast enough than

 maybe the broken pieces of his 
heart
G                                 Am
 will stay together But ain’t no
 gyroscope can spin forever, yea If 
    Am        F      C
he

 spins fast enough than maybe the
 broken pieces of his heart will 
                  G
stay
                Am
 together But ain’t no gyroscope can
         Am          F
 spin forever, yea
Dont know   ya dont know dont know
     C                 G          
    Dont know     Dont KNOW!!
              Am

                    C           G
C                                 
Happiness is such hard work, and 
          G
it
       Am           C         G  
 gets harder every day And it can
   Am
 kill
         C                       
 you, but no one wants to be that 
     G
tacky
               Am   C
 about it, yea If you spin fast 
enough

 than maybe the broken pieces of 
your
            G                      
 heart will stay together But some
         Am

 things I’ve seen lately make me 
                            Am
doubt
F
 it.