The Boredom Is The Reason I Started Swimming It's Also The Reason I Started Sinking chords by The Front Bottoms

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A A A A

Verse 1:
         A
Foreign countries
          E          D         E
Hardwood floors and trying to sleep
          A
Foreign languages
              E           D E
On all three channels of TV
                 A        E
I don't want no drama or baggage
                A      D    E
Don't tell me complicated stories
               A                  E
About who you used to be but are different
          A            D          E
And have changed as a person completely

Pre-Chorus:
          A        C      G
And I am not sure that I want
     A      C       G
Any single part of this
      A     C       G            G  G
Any single part of any of this shit

Chorus:
        F#m       E
'Cause everybody pays
             A              C
Everybody's head is in the noose
                  D     B
You're part of a program
              D     B
Get with the program

        F#m        E                E
'Cause everybody comes and falls asleep
       A                       C
Lies awake, pretends to be sleeping
                  D     E
You're not even sleeping
                     D       E
You're prob'ly even listening

Verse 2:
         A            D
Keep it simple and honest
       E      D          E
Stop crying, you're an adult
          A                E
I could stand up, I could man up
                 E      D       E
It's just so convenient to be fragile
              A             E
This pain is constant and sharp
              E       D        E
Watching the signals that you send
              A             E
I wanna feel lethal on the inside
              E        D        E
I wanna read American Psycho again

Pre-Chorus:
          A        C      G
But I am not sure that I want
     A      C       G
Any single part of this
      A     C       G            G  G
Any single part of any of this shit

Chorus:
        F#m       E
'Cause everybody pays
             A              C
Everybody's head is in the noose
                  D     B
You're part of a program
              D     B
Get with the program

        F#m        E                E
'Cause everybody comes and falls asleep
       A                       C
Lies awake, pretends to be sleeping
                  D     E
You're not even sleeping
                     D               E
You're prob'ly even listening, even listening

Chorus:
        F#m       E
'Cause everybody pays
             A              C
Everybody's head is in the noose
                  D     B
You're part of a program
              D     B
Get with the program

        F#m        E                E
'Cause everybody comes and falls asleep
       A                       C
Lies awake, pretends to be sleeping
                  D     E
You're not even sleeping
                     D          E            A
You're prob'ly even listening, listening to me