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