Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
` `Do5
Verse
there was a wait in the water a weight in the air
if I'd waited any longer an additional fare
and they can keep you a-round like a head on a stake
I guess the industry found a use for my namesake
I built my calluses up from foolin' on the guitar
I keep them hard in the midst of what seems soft and bizarre
and ephemeral notions like a song are a curse
offering a re-turn but making me feel worse
Chorus
SHORT:
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call
and when the others are all fed and watered you're
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
RE-INTRO:
` `Do5
gone
Verse
so I sit in the meantime and sharpen my teeth
and encode all the bitterness I choose to bequeath
but if one equals C then yeah A equals three
but the encryption just adds to the mendacity
now I'm on top of the water still suppressed by the air
I earn my wage on a track that's almost totally bare
of the things I ex-pected when I first got the itch
I'd turn it off if on-ly there existed a switch
Chorus
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call and
if you wanna try you should try like a loser who
keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
and every year well she gets a little more tired you're
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
RE-INTRO-LONG:
` `Do5 Do5
gone
Bridge
[breakdown]
sometimes I get to a point where little problems seem too
big for me and then I let them un-
ravel like a line in the ocean sinking down into the
density
and when the pressure be-comes the same amount as what's in-
side of me I can sink and ex-
plode or hold my breath until I float I gamble on my own bi-
ology the barnacles on the
ladder bleed my feet while they set a good example in ten-
acity
Chorus
LONG:
if you want to quit you should quit like a winner cut your
[tutti]
losses and extricate your-self from the bidding
and tell your friends that you coulda if you'd wanted to
and tell yourself that it's strong to make a hard call and
if you wanna try you should try like a loser who
keeps on betting their life on a slow horse
and every year well she gets a little more tired you're
still bet'n' cheering her on
and when the others are all fed and watered you're
still bet'n' cheering her on yeah you're
still bet'n' cheering her on by then I bet you'll be
Outro
` `Do5
gone by then I bet you'll be
gone by then I bet you'll be gone
by then I bet you'll be gone
/ = Asus4 passing chord in VERSE:
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ELECTRIC-GUITAR
Intro
Staccato eighths pattern
Verse
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