Twin Size Mattress chords by The Front Bottoms

E               B                       A
This is for the lions living in the wiry broke-down frames of my friends bodies.
E                       B                       A
When the flood water comes, it ain't gonna be clear, it?s gonna look like mud.
G#m             A
But I will help you swim.
G#m             A
I will help you swim.
                        E
I'm gonna help you swim.

E               B                               A
This is for the snakes and the people they bite;
For the friends I?ve made; for the sleepless nights;
E                       B                       A
For the warning signs I?ve completely ignored.
There?s an amount to take, reasons to take more.
G#m                                     A
It's no big surprise you turned out this way.
                        G#m                             A
When they close their eyes and prayed you would change

E                       B                       A
And they cut your hair, and sent you away
You stopped by my house the night you escaped
E                       B               A
With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay
You said, ?Hey man, I love you but no fucking way?

E

E                       B                       A
I?m sure that we could find something for you to do on stage.
E               B                       A
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies.

E                       B                       A
This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night
E                       B                               A
And it should've felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind
G#m             A                               G#m             A
Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face
G#m                                     A                       G#m             A
There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say
E                                       B
And it is no big surprise you turned out this way.
        A
The spark in her eyes, The look on your face.
I will not be late.


E                       B                       A
I?m sure that we could find something for you to do on stage.
E               B                       A
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies.
E               B               A
I wanna contribute to the chaos, I don?t wanna watch and then complain,
E               B               A
'Cause I am through finding blame, that is the decision that I have made.


Repeat Verse Chords

Instrumental riff:
D|-------------------------------------------------------6--4---|
A|-----------2--4--6--4--6--4--2-----------2--6--4--4/6---------|
E|--0--2--4-----------------------0--2--4-----------------------|


E                                                       B               A
She hopes I?m cursed forever to sleep on a twin-sized mattress
        E                                       B       A
In somebody?s attic or basement my whole life,
E                               B               A
Never graduating up in size to add another
        E
And my nightmares will have nightmares every night
B                       A