Aftershocks chords by Next To Normal

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F#m

Difficulty: Intermediate

F#m7
They've managed to get rid of me
  Fmaj7
Returned me to the grave
C#m/E
ECT, electric chair
   B9/D#
We shock who we can't save

        D9
They've cleared you of my memory
    A9/C#
And many more as well
    Bm7
You may have wanted some of them
    C#7sus       C#7
But who can ever tell

     G
Your brainwaves are more regular
The chemistry more pure
Bm/F#
The headaches and the nausea will pass
And you'll endure
     Bm7/F
Your son is gone forever though
                     F#m
Of that the doctor's sure

    D9            A9/C#
The memories will wane
    D9            A9/C#
The aftershocks remain
    Bm7
You wonder which is worse
                   F#m7
The symptom or the cure

They've managed to get rid of me
    Fmaj7
I'm gone without a trace
    C#m/E
But sear the soul and leave a scar
   B9/D#
No treatment can erase

        D9
They've cut away the cancer
       A9/C#
But forgot to fill the hole
     Bm7
They moved me from your memory
    C#7sus              C#7
I'm still there in your soul

     G
Your life goes back to normal now
Or so they all believe
     Bm/F#
Your heart is in your chest again
Not hanging from your sleeve

        Bm7
They've driven out the demons
                              F#m
And they've earned you this reprieve
    D9           A9/C#
The memories are gone
    D9               A9/C#
The aftershocks live on
         Bm7
But with nothing to remember
                         F#m7
Is there nothing left to grieve?

Bm7
With nothing to remember