Metaphor chords by The Crane Wives

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
| Am   E   | F     C  G/B  | Am   E   | F     C  G/B  |  x2


Verse 1:
Am            E                 F            C  G/B
  I've gotten good at leaning on metaphors
Am            E                 F              C      G/B
  I've gotten good at living on someone else's page
F         G#7                 Am          E
 I cut my teeth on secondhand sentiments
          F              Fm
You can't trust a single thing I say

Interlude:
| Am   E   | F     C  G/B  | Am   E   | F     C  G/B  |


Verse 2:
Am          E              F          C  G/B
  I keep my closet free of skeletons
Am               E                 F         C  G/B
 'Cause I'm much better at digging graves
F             G#7                  Am         E
 But I always dig up bones in your sympathy
        F              Fm
I can't trust a single thing you say


Interlude:
| Am   E   | F     C  G/B  | Am   E   | F     C  G/B  |


Bridge:
      F        G#7              Am             E        F    Fm  (Am)
Don't look too hard, 'cause you won't like the scars he left in   me


Interlude:
| Am   E   | F     C  G/B  | Am   E   | F     C  G/B  |  x2


Verse 3:
Am            E                 F           C  G/B
  I've gotten good at making up metaphors
Am            E                      F            C        G/B
  I've gotten good at stretching the truth out of shape
    F         G#7                 Am     E
And all these words are sweet and meaningless
          F              Fm            Am  E  F  C
You can't trust a single thing I say


Tag:
G/B       Am             E       F     C
You can't trust a single thing I say
G/B       Am             E       F     C
You can't trust a single thing I say
G/B       Am             E       F     C  G/B
You can't trust a single thing I say


Outro:
| F     | G#7      | Am     |