Mental Math chords by Julien Baker

🎸 Intro:

D   G   Bm   G   (x2)



🎸 Verse :
D               G
  Read it in a book once
                Bm
Don’t remember where
                       G                             D
If you’re happy in a dream it has to count for something
                G
Cursing at the sun
                      Bm
You taught me not to swear
                  G                                 D
You ask if I get worse and I say, “Dammit, you can bet”

🎸 Refrain:
Em                     Bm
Hanging on a ledge, outside of your house
                G                          D
Trying not to freak out, staring at the ground
              Em                      Bm
Doing math in my head, how far is it down?
                 G                             Bm
Not too good to beg for you to try to talk me down

🎸 Bridge:
                                       G
You say you never had a good night’s sleep
                                 D
Any of the nights you spent with me
                                 A
I ask if it’d be better when I leave

And then regret it
Bm                          G
  Maybe if I were a little patient
                                    D
But I never learned the virtue in waiting
                                   A
It’s too late, anyway, to take it back

🎸 Refrain:
                G
Cause I have a lot to say
              D         A
And never in the right way
G
And if I could just explain
   D       A
Myself, again
                G
Oh, if I could fix you first
          D         A
Tell me about what hurts
                G
I’d try not to make it worse
            D    A
Than it already has

🎸 Refrain:
               Bm
Cause I have a lot to say
              G
And never in the right way
                D
And if I could just explain
   A
Myself, again

🎸 Outro:
D   Bm   A   Em

D   Bm   A   D