Stockholm chords by Old Sol

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

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

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

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

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

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

Bridge: strum once...
   FF
door opens a crack
     C/GC/G
there is light in my life
        G+G
but I've grown used to the black
      Am7Am7
and as you walk down those steps
    FF
paved in cold concrete
C/GC/G             G+G
bathed in light, bathed in light

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

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

Outro:
    FF       G+G     C/GC/G
but at least it had a happy ending
    FF       G+G     C/GC/G
but at least it had a happy ending
     G+G     A minorAm  G+G   FF
what the fuck does that mean, anyway?
     G+G     C/GC/G
I had a happy ending