Stockholm chords by Old Sol

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
          C/G
so here I am, again,
    E                             F
a bouquet of plastic roses in my hand
                 G
a blue-collar war veteran

Verse:
               C/G
and I'm seein' flashes of light,
 E                                    F
firing at me from peircing pale blue eyes,
                           G
like bullets from colt fourty-fives

Bridge:
           E                   F
and last summer you staged a drive-by
          C/G            G
from the backseat of my car,
         E                F
and you took my dog for ransom
          C/G
made him love you
         E              F
and if love is just a stockholm syndrome,
 C/G           G             E               F
I'm a captive now, so make sure to lock the door
    G        C/G
on your way out

Verse:
            C/G
swallow the key
                  E                 Em
make sure there's no way for me to leave
 F
starve me of affection
        G
feed me once or twice a week
             C/G
why would I sleep?
        F         B    Am
there's no need for dreaming
         F
you are right outside my door
                  G                G#
hell, there ain't much left to ask for

Bridge:
          E               F
and I'm bleeding in your basement
        C/G               G
as the walls are closing in
           E             F
what's it matter if I breathe when
          C/G     G
you're my only oxygen
         E                    F
and you paint with such a fine-tipped brush
   C/G             G                 F
I jerk my head, I heard the toilet flush

Bridge: strum once...
     F
door opens a crack
          C/G
there is light in my life
                G
but I've grown used to the black
           Am7
and as you walk down those steps
        F
paved in cold concrete
C/G                         G
bathed in light, bathed in light

Verse:
   E                   F
I book it towards the door
          C/G        G
as urgent as a holy war
         E            F
you fake right, I go left
             C/G                G
we start to fight, it's self defense
             C/G
and I feel alive again
         G                                C/G
'cause all my time was spent inside that room

no room to breathe
             G
I would've stabbed myself with my keys

Outro:
        F              G          C/G
but at least it had a happy ending
        F              G          C/G
but at least it had a happy ending
          G          Am    G      F
what the fuck does that mean, anyway?
         G          C/G
I had a happy ending