Acceptable Losses

Gm | Eb | | F |
Gm | Eb | | F |
Gm | Eb | |


[VERSE 1]
Gm                         F
Main street's empty in the evening 
chill
     Eb                  F
From courthouse tower to griffin 
mill
Eb                         Dm    
Small signs of winter come 
       Gm/Bb         Gm  F/A
creeping down     the hills
  Bb                 F
I saw your shadow on Jackson St.
          Cm                       
where the zombie-eyed kids and the 
Eb
speed-queens meet
            Gm               
It's been a long time running 
            F                  
through my veins this long lost 
       Cm | | Eb
dream


[CHORUS 1]
      F                     Gm    
And I tear it apart and burn  it 
                     Eb
all down 'cause I have  to
    Cm         F          Bb     
God gave me permission to do what
         Bb/D       Eb
 it takes    to find  you
               F                   
All the friends I betrayed all the 
 Gm                       Eb
e - nemies made in the pro - cess
      Cm               F          
We've all done the same we're just
    Bb          Bb/D            
 car - rying dif  -  ferent cros - 
Eb
ses
                   Cm
I'm feeling no pain  baby, it's 
acceptable losses


[INTERLUDE 1]
Gm | Eb | Gm | Eb |


[VERSE 2]
     Gm                    F
This place got dark in the years 
that passed
Continues after the ad
    Gm                  Eb        
The store-front's blown;  I guess 
F
nothing lasts
    Eb                             
The fighting at the bars still draw
 Dm     Gm/Bb         Gm | Gm   F/A
 wired, vengeful crowds
  Bb                         
I followed your trail down to 
 F
Rosewood Park
       Cm                        
As the shadows grow tall and the 
Eb
stars come out
          Gm                      
Where the backseat lovers used to 
F                     Cm | | Eb | |
park their daddy's car


[CHORUS 2]
      F                     Gm    
And I tear it apart and burn  it 
                     Eb
all down 'cause I have  to
           Cm          F          
Made a deal  with a man at the 
  Bb               Bb/D           
cross - roads who knew    where to
  Eb
 find  you
               F                   
All the friends I betrayed all the 
 Gm                       Eb
e - nemies made in the pro - cess
    Cm                  F         
Our pain feels the same; we're 
     Bb          Bb/D            
just car - rying dif  -  ferent cros
Eb
 - ses
                     Cm
It's all in the game,  baby, it's 
acceptable losses


[INTERLUDE 2]
Gm | Csus4 C |
Gm | Csus4 C |
Gm | Csus4 C |
Eb |         |


[BRIDGE]
     Dm                     Eb
They found your car down at Suicide 
Bridge
          Bb6                 
Where the Johnson twins became 
 Gm
newsflash kids
      Cm                           
But I know you so much better don't
 Dm                         Eb F
 believe you'd call it quits
      Bb                        
Now I got an old address and I'm 
 F
waiting there
       Cm                          
In the first light of morning at 
  Eb
the fire stairs
      Gm                       
I can hear someone's coming and 
 F                  Cm | | Eb |
suddenly I'm scared


[FINAL CHORUS]
           F                     
'Cause you ripped me appart and I
Gm                         Eb
 ran for my life cause I had to
           Cm          F          
My heart won't stop bleeding and 
  Bb               Bb/D           
I'm no longer sure if I want it to
  Eb

               F                   
All the friends I betrayed all the 
 Gm                       Eb
e - nemies made in the pro - cess
        Cm            F           
They're all going down in accounts
Bb        Bb/D          Eb
  of accep  -  table los - ses
                     Cm
It's all in the game,  baby, it's 
acceptable losses


[OUTRO]
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(quiet)
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