Sick Of Words chords by Kevin Devine

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:

             F#
I'm sick of words
                F#
What do they say?
         B
So much effort, making meaning
        C#               F#
Forcing life into frames
            F#
I'm sick of words
                F#
In a fundamental way
 B
No more rhetorical, unwinnable
C#                  F#
Depressing debate

Chorus:
 B               C#
God or no god, Love or no love
B               C#
Sex or no sex, Drugs or no drugs
B
Are you closer?
C#                        C# C# C#
What's it all been worth?

Verse:

                      F#
I'm blessed with a curse
                    F#
Or that's what I say
B
No one asked, but I've been offering
C#
For years anyway

Chorus:
C#            B
Navel-gazing like it matters
C#                B
It's just a body; it's not an answer
C#
Are you listening?
B
What it's all been worth?
I'm sick of words

Bridge:

B  A#m  G#m  F#

B                  A#m
If you're lonely, get a hobby
G#m             F#
Find a buddy at work
 B               A#m
Stop subjecting all these people
 G#m                 F#
To what you think you deserve
B                A#m
It isn't noble, it isn't funny
G#m                  F#
And it could always be worse
B
Get a grip, man
A#m                      C#  C#  C#
What's it all been worth?
I'm sick of words

Break:

F#    B

Chorus:
C#
God or no god (Navel-gazing)
B
Love or no love (Like it matters)
C#
Sex or no sex (It's just a body)
B
Drugs or no drugs (It's not an answer)
C#
Are you closer? (Are you listening?)
B                          C# C# C#
What's it all been worth?
I'm sick of words

Outro:

F#    B