Chords with lyrics
E MajorE 
BB 
A augmentedA
This is for the lions living in the wiry broke-down frames of my friends bodies.
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
When the flood water comes, it ain't gonna be clear, it?s gonna look like mud.
G# minorG#m A augmentedA
But I will help you swim.
G# minorG#m A augmentedA
I will help you swim.
E MajorE
I'm gonna help you swim.
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
This is for the snakes and the people they bite;
For the friends I?ve made; for the sleepless nights;
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
For the warning signs I?ve completely ignored.
There?s an amount to take, reasons to take more.
G# minorG#m A augmentedA
It's no big surprise you turned out this way.
G# minorG#m A augmentedA
When they close their eyes and prayed you would change
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
And they cut your hair, and sent you away
You stopped by my house the night you escaped
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay
You said, ?Hey man, I love you but no fucking way?
E MajorE
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
I?m sure that we could find something for you to do on stage.
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies.
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
And it should've felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind
G# minorG#m A augmentedA G# minorG#m A augmentedA
Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face
G# minorG#m A augmentedA G# minorG#m A augmentedA
There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say
E MajorE BB
And it is no big surprise you turned out this way.
A augmentedA
The spark in her eyes, The look on your face.
I will not be late.
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
I?m sure that we could find something for you to do on stage.
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies.
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
I wanna contribute to the chaos, I don?t wanna watch and then complain,
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
'Cause I am through finding blame, that is the decision that I have made.
Repeat Verse Chords
Instrumental riff:
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------6--4---|
A augmentedA|-----------2--4--6--4--6--4--2-----------2--6--4--4/6---------|
E MajorE|--0--2--4-----------------------0--2--4-----------------------|
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
She hopes I?m cursed forever to sleep on a twin-sized mattress
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
In somebody?s attic or basement my whole life,
E MajorE BB A augmentedA
Never graduating up in size to add another
E MajorE
And my nightmares will have nightmares every night
BB A augmentedA
Other versions of Twin Size Mattress
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms
