Mallwalking chords by Cymbals Eat Guitars

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F G Am C x4


Verse:
F           G
Back in '99

After Columbine
  Am                  C
I had the strangest dream
F                  G
Liquid angels swam thru the halls of
Am           C
Waretown Elementary
F                        G
Teaching us little hicks new ways to exist
Am          C
New ways to see
F            G
Way out there in the dark space
Am               C
Between the galaxies

F              G
My friend Jimmy was sitting next to me
       Am            C
Then suddenly he was not
F
And when they got to me
 G
Asked if I believed
Am                     C
I said "believe in what?"
F            G
Then I woke up


Chorus:
             F           G
Mama take me mallwalking
                      F        G
You know that I'm an empty kid
                    F               G
You buy me stuff to try and fill me up
                 A
But I think I am bottomless


Verse:
F                     G
All the daddies drive every Friday night
Am                  C
Way out past oyster creek
F
Put their pickup trucks
G
In a semicircle
Am                 C
Pass the pints of rye whiskey
F                    G
With the ghosts of original people
Am                 C
Dancing in halogen blue
F            G
Then I came to


Chorus 2:
              F           G
Mama takes me mallwalking
                      F         G
She knows that I'm an empty kid
                     F          G
She buys me stuff to fill me up
                 A
But I think I am bottomless

            F          G
Mama sing a song to me
                          F            G
When it's time to put the dog to sleep
                    F               G
You are strong when we are weak
         A
Keep the name tags on your key ring