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πΈ Intro:
C Em B ( x2 )
πΈ Verse 1:
C Em
Drain me dry
B
Down to the last drop
C
Pearls before swine
Em
All flowers die
B
Tapped the last good vein
Don't know how to shut if off
πΈ Pre-Chorus:
C Em
Yeah, once you get me going
B
I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to stop
C Em
Once you get me going
B
I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to
πΈ Chorus:
C Em
All for your sake
C Am
Became the very thing that I hate
F#m7b5 Em
I lost my way
C Am C
Spinnin' in an endless figure eight
πΈ Interlude:
C Em B
πΈ Verse 2:
C Em B
I won't miss the feelin'
C Em
My flimsy spine, unsuspicious mind
B
I was only being kind
But you mistook me for weak
πΈ Pre-Chorus:
C Em
Yeah, once you get me going
B
I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to stop
C Em
Going
B
I don't know how to stop
I don't know how to
πΈ Chorus:
C Em
All for your sake
C Am
Became the very thing that I hate
F#m7b5 Em
I lost my way
C Am C
Spinnin' in an endless figure eight
πΈ Interlude:
C Em C Em
πΈ Bridge:
Am
Candlelight, candlelight
C G
Burnin' 'til broad daylight
Am
Candlelight, candlelight
C G
Burnin' at both ends tonight
Am
How could I? How could I?
C G
If I'm made of thin ice
Am
How could I? How could I?
C G
You'd be wise if you thought twice
πΈ Chorus:
C Em
All for your sake
C Am
Became the very thing that I hate
F#m7b5 Em
I lost my way
C Am
Spinnin' in an endless figure
C Em
What remains
C Am
And now I think I'm losing my shape
F#m7b5 Em
Not a trace
C Am
No end and no beginning
C
Figure eight
πΈ Outro:
C Em B
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Song History
Published: February 10, 2023
Last Updated: February 10, 2026