Pressing On A Bruise chords by Brad Paisley

Intro:
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D|---2h4-------|
A|-4-----2b4-0-|
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A D A D

Verse 1:
             A          D                 A       D
You were a pain girl, a thorn in my side

            A           D                   A      D
Drove me insane girl, a white-knuckle ride

     A                                  D
So why do I go lookin' through old photographs

      A                                      D
And chase you down the hallways of our checkered past

 A                                     D
Hold on for dear life and keep the fire fed

    A                   D     E
I oughta let go but instead



Chorus:
                A
It's like I'm pressing on a bruise

    D
To see if it still hurts

 A                                        D
Right now that's all I've got left of you

 A                  D
Everybody knows that just makes it worse

      A        D
But still I do



Verse 2:
                  A      D               A       D
I could start a new life, I could move on

                 A      D                      A      D
I could do a drive by, and see if you're home

                A                           D
Now there's a fine, fine line between a memory

       A                                     D
And something any shrink would call an injury

           A                                D
But it's not over long as you're still hurtin' me

           A                D    E
And as I turn onto your street



Chorus:
                A
It's like I'm pressing on a bruise

    D
To see if it still hurts

 A                                        D
Right now that's all I've got left of you

 A                  D
Everybody knows that just makes it worse

      A        D
But still I do



Bridge:
 E         D      E        D      E         D
Still I do, still I do, still love you



Verse 3:
 A
But she's the kind of girl puts your world on hold

 D
Walk the halls and you check your phone

 A                                             D
Gave up the ghost and the ghost keeps holdin' on

          A
And you run from the sun but you curse the rain

 D
Lost the love so you nurse the pain

       A                               D   E
Goin' on and on, singin' that same song

            A
But she's gone

(I can't let it alone)
      D
And you get drunk on those glory days

     A
(I can't just let it heal)

         D
With a broken heart and a bitter taste

         A
(No, I can't just let it go)

             D
Well, you light it up as she burns you down

     A
(I can't just let it heal)

         D
You're smokin' those memories to the ground

            A
(Like I'm pressing on a bruise)

        D                                      A
Yeah, that's the thing about love and pain

           D                                A
They may look alike but they're not the same


(No, I can't just let it go)
                      D
You've got to let it go go go

         A
(No, I can't just let it heal)


(fade)