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   C C/E  Dm Em F  G  Am Abaug Bb
E|-0-0----1--0--1--3--0--0-----1-|
B|-1-1----3--0--1--0--1--1-----3-|
G|-0-0----2--0--2--0--2--1-----3-|
D|-2-2----0--2--3--0--2--2-----3-|
A|-3-3-------2--3--2--0--3-----1-|
E|---0-------0--1--3-------------|


[Verse 1]

C                  C          
  This town ain't big enough for 
    Bb     F
both of us
                    C              
So don't sleep on the things that 
   Bb         F
my hands have done
      C            Bb        F
The flora and the fire keep lighting
 up the distance
 C                 Bb          F
Careful with your mouth don't let it
 run
F         G             Am
  Out of sight, out of mind
 Abaug                F
Dug my heels into the earth
        G          Am           
Abaug
It was safe, it was mine, but this 
is where the way turns


[Chorus 1]

 C                 Bb      F
Take it while you get it, toss this 
and forget it
C               Bb        F
As you swallow your seat and son
         C                    Bb
You're plagued with pride of fathers
 F
Long since dead behind you
 C                 Bb         F
Careful with your feet don't let 
them run


[Verse 2]

F               G                
 You can camouflage, you can lock
                        Am
 up, and you can stow away
              Abaug
But it is to question one's self in 
a hideout to leave the cover
Continúa después del anuncio
                          F
The cursed will stay away
And in my hard heart I tried to 
  G                          
block out and to blot out and 
                     Am
obstruct the clouds
                                
Abaug
But the shroud, the bell, the 
blanket and the envelope will 
eclipse them now


[Pre-Chorus 1]

  F                                
Standing where the water meets the 
  G
shore you feel the sun
 Am                  Abaug
Touch your face and leave its mark 
with nowhere left to run
    F                              
To hide your shaking hands and 
         G
words that swore this was the day
     Am                            
Abaug
You never feel as weak as when the 
answers go away


[Chorus 2]

       F                           
I was caught in the current; it's a
  G
 lesson, and I've learned it
     Am                        Abaug
The teacher left scars on our fists

(I'm the worst, I'm the worst, just 
please leave me here)
         F                     
There's pain we never speak of, 
         G
second guess the ones that we love
         Am                         
     Abaug
And the last thing you want is for 
your last words to sound so scared
                       Am Em  Am  
But you find yourself here,   
 Em Am      Em
alone and scared
Am               Em Am    Em 
  Will they leave You here,  
Am              Em Am Em   Am Em
   Will You leave me here?


[Bridge]

C
  The best part of that
G
  Is I want it back
F
  The best things to say, I want to 
say
     C         G   F
That all this time I was wrong
C
   The water's deep
G
  As they find their sleep
F
  And I begged for less

But I second guessed
      C         G
That you would come
F
After me


[Otro]

(The past still waits)
C/E    Dm   G   Am Em  C    Dm
It's   the pain we ne-ver speak of

(To catch my eye)
C/E   Dm   G     Am Em    C   
Se - cond guess the ones that we 
Dm
love

(And I never stopped)
C/E  Dm  G    Am  Em  C    Dm
All the words and our con-fessions

(To question)
  C/E Dm    G       Am Em   C  
I ne- ver thought that I  should 
   Dm
question
              Am Em
To question why