If You Can't Leave It Be Might As Well Make It Bleed chords by Dashboard Confessional

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Intro

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Verse 1:

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What you found sure upset you,
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Never saw it coming did you?
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It's easy to be surprised
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With both your eyes sewn closed.
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Handled with great precision,
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Another faultless execution,
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You're the subject of this exhibition,
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A willing cadaver, a willing cadaver.

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Scalpled, sutured, made whole again.


 Verse 2:

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These cuts are leaving creases.
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Trace the scars, to fit the pieces,
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To tell your story, you don't need to
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say a word.
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Call off the cavalry,
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can't save a wretch like me.
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Clean this with kerosene,
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If you can't leave it be, might as well make it bleed.




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Scalpled, sutured, made whole
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again.


Bridge:
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You're wires are frayed, can't fire right,
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You look better when out of sight,
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You were not made to stand and fight,
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There's something better wrong with you.
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You're wires are frayed, can't fire right,
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You look better when out of sight,
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You were not made to stand and fight,
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There's something better wrong with you.


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You're pulse is anemic, you're tired of the fire,
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You're bruising too easy, and falling behind,
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And no one is waiting for you,
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And no one is waiting for you.

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And no one is waiting for you,
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And no one is waiting and no one is waiting
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For you for you for you


Verse 3:

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So call off the quarantine,
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can't save the rest from me.
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Clean this with kerosene,
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If you can't leave it be might as well make it bleed.




Db        Ab/C     B
Scalpled, sutured, made whole again.


Bridge:

Eb               Eb/B               Eb/C
You're wires are frayed, can't fire right,
            Eb/B            Eb
You look better when out of sight,
             Eb/B              Eb/C
You were not made to stand and fight,
                  Eb/B              Eb
There's something better wrong with you.

    Eb        Eb/B        Eb/C Eb/B
And no one is waiting for you,
    Eb        Eb/B        Eb/C Eb/B
And no one is waiting for you,
    Eb        Eb/B        Eb/C Eb/B
And no one is waiting for you,
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And no one is waiting for you,