Verse 1: B Try as I may C B I'm still fighting for you B Gm Cm In my own long-suffering way C B You were meant to watch B My private ceremonies Gm Cm C B All in the dark parts of rooms Verse 2: B
Try as I may C B To hold your crazy ass against the wall B Gm Cm In my scared, my scared-shitless way C B You came down to see B My private ceremonies Gm Cm C B All on the floor of this room Verse 3: B Try as I may C B I Am always kept safe B Gm Cm In my, in my right-minded hell C B You were born to hold B Gm My cannonball brain C B Like the Lord holds the moon Chorus: B Try as I may C B I never did seduce the wall B Gm Cm With my spinning and my swinging and spineless ways Instrumental: C B B Gm C B Gm C Verse 4: B Try as I may C B I'm still fighting for you B Gm Cm In my sad, sad little rock-throwing way C B You were meant to watch B Over my ceremonies Gm Cm C B All from the dark in my shoe Verse 5: B Try as I may C B To be heard through the wall B Gm Cm To be seen getting loud on the phone C B B Gm You were born to break my big hairy football arms Cm C B Like clean windows kill the birds Verse 6: B Try as I may C B I Am bitching to the wall B Gm Cm Of my long-armed and knuckle-scraping ways C B I hadn't sailed 30 feet B Gm When I drowned in expensive clothes Cm C B For the oysters all to see Chorus: B Try as I may C B To love what fits in my hand B Gm I don't Cm I don't Outro: C B B Gm Cm C B B B C B