Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Difficulty: Intermediate
strumming pattern would always be : down mute down mute
Intro:
Bm A#m Bm A#m Bm A#m Bm A#m
Verse 1:
B
You are the hammer, I am the nail
A#
I'm building a house in the fire on the hill
B
There is a string that leads me to hope
B B
I tie the noose, but you are the rope
E
It was a lie that got me in bed
B
I am the dog, you are the shed
F#
I can't find the perk in the percocet
Bm
When you're not around
Pre-Chorus 1:
Em
This is the fight that taught me to feel
F#m
If I am the drunk, you are the wheel
Chorus 1:
F#5 Bm
So I drink till the night becomes another day
Em
And the day's just another little thing in our way
A Bm
No one ever chooses to be a flawed design
F# E
But this life is a joke, and death is the punchline
Bm
Verse 2:
Bm
You are the queen and I am the rook
A#m
You are the fire and I burn like a book
Bm
I don't know how this one ends till I die
F#
And the honest part of 'reliable' is the lie
Bm
Em
The greater the power, the more the abuse
B
You are the hand, I worship the bruise
F#
If romance is dead, I guess I'm a necrophiliac
B
Pre-Chorus 2:
Em
Every god needs a sacrifice
F#
I am the cross, and you are the Christ
Chorus 2:
Bm
So I drink till night becomes another day
Em
And the day's just another little thing in our way
A Bm
Something about the way you beat me down
And I'll never learn
Em
You're the pint of no return
A
The pain in my chest, the stain on your dress
Bm
The glass in my eye
F#
But this life is a joke, and death is the punchline
Bm
Bridge:
Oh la la, la la la la la
Em
La la la, la da da da da, oh
A D Bm
Life is a joke and death is the punchline
Oh la la, la la la la la
Em
La la la, la da da da da, oh
A D Bm
This life is a joke and death is the punchline
Oh la la, la la la la la
Em
La la la, la da da da da, oh
A D Bm
This life is a joke and death is the punchline
Oh la la, la la la la la
Em
La la la, la da da da da, oh
A D Bm
This life is a joke and death is the punchline
Oh la la, la la la la la
Em
La la la, la da da da da, oh
A D Bm
This life is a joke and death is the punchline