Wallflower

C          E
F        Am  G

C          E           F
 Countless suicide attempts
            Am G         C
And all his money was spent
         E             F
Chewing gum and cigarettes
             Am    G          C
To keep his knees from shaking
           E                 F
He never thought before you spoke
          Am   G            C
Took back everything you meant
      E            F
And from an early age
               Am G          C
You learned to inhale and forget
             E               F
And who are you? And who are we?
   Am G            C
Photographs and diaries
            E            F
Spend your life working hard
           Am G     C
Spend your life studying
              E                F
And then you die. And then you die
           Am G             C
And then we read all your books
              E                 F
And then you die. And then you die
              Am G          C
And then we criticize your work

E   F   Am G

E
You figured it out
                      F     G   E
You figured me out so good
E
I know you want it
               F    G   E
They said you would
E
You're getting to close
                 F       G   E
And it's all too much
E
Afraid of
           F       G (mute strum)
The human touch
C          E              F     Am G  C
Give the kids all their candy
           E          F        Am G   C
Whatever makes them happy
         E                   F       Am G  C
Give me seeds and I'll plant trees
         E        F
Learn from your mistakes
            Am G             C
My parents never learned from me
       E               F
And blasphemy on the walls
       Am G           C
Of the bathroom you wrote
        E                F
God is gay and no one cares,
        Am G        C
Even if you left a note
        E               F
Your suicide will go unheard
          Am G         C
Maybe 'cos you never spoke
          E         F
You were a wallflower
           Am G     C
You were my only hope
              E             F
Your songs never left your room
          Am G          C
You never showed your poetry
          E               F
Don't you die, don't you die
          Am G         C
Don't you dare die on me

E     F     Am G

E
You figured it out you
                        F      G   E
You figured me out so good
E
I know you want it,
                F       G   E
They said you would
E
We're getting too close,
                 F       G  E
And it's all too much
E
Afraid of
            F     G (mute strum)
The human touch

C         E               F
Give the kids all their chrystal
Am G    C
Oh god no
            E              F    Am G   C
Make them hate, give them pistols
        E                F       Am G   C
Fight a war but don't ask why
     E                   F        Am G
And oh my boy you're too young to die


Dm                G
And what do you know
               Am
About where we go
      F      Dm
After all of this
                G
Spent my life wondering
                 Am
But still don't know
       F       Dm
Why we have to exist
                  G
To be anything at all
                  Am
Is beautiful I guess
                  F              Dm
But I still don't know if I like it
Dm                     G
You unbuttoned your dress
                    Am
And you gave me a kiss
                    F
I'm gonna learn to forget
                     G
You gotta learn to forget

C     E     F     Am G   E

E
You figured it out
                       F      G    E
You figured me out so good
E
I know you want it
                 F      G   E
They said you would
E
You're getting too close
                   F      G   E
And it's all too much
E
Afraid of
            F    G  (mute strum)
The human touch