🎸 Intro: F#m C# C#7 F#m C# C#7 You're my favorite explosion 🎸 Verse 1: F#m C# A violin with no hands plays symphonies C#7 With no words (With no words) F#m A drowning boy with no voice prays C# C#7 Someone up there's telling me D You'd better not get back up! C# C#7 I spit my heart into this red cup D C# C#7 I'd better pick it back up, it might ruin your night
And she said 🎸 Pre-Chorus: F#m C# C#7 Baby, leave the water by the bed for later D C# C#7 And I woke up without a single drop 🎸 Chorus: N.C. I told myself F#m D Bm C# C#7 "I'm tired of holding up your backup plans" F#m D Go down your list and be satisfied Bm C# C#7 F#m It's all you have, it's not enough 🎸 Verse 2: (True love comes from more than just the heart) F#m She said "paint a picture of me" C# C#7 Throw your dress up and your heart away D Yeah I heard what you said C# C#7 D A friend of a friend, these strangers at the party never paid C# And if that doesn't turn you on C#7 D I'll keep talking 'till something does C# D As we're covered in sand, you roll over and smile 🎸 Chorus: N.C. I told myself F#m D Bm C# C#7 "I'm tired of holding up your backup plans" F#m D Go down your list and be satisfied Bm C# It's all you have Breakdown: Palm mute D And until that day (That day) C# C#7 D C# C#7 I'll steal you flowers from the cemetery, red roses 🎸 Verse 3: F#m C# C#7 So say it, say I'm in love F#m C# C#7 Cause you called me crying (Crying, crying) from your job D C# C#7 Said you just got fired and you don't have a backup plan D C# C#7 So don't expect me to understand F#m A diamond bullet and a gun made of gold (muted) F#m She was covered in blood last seen in San Francisco (muted) 🎸 Bridge: F#m C# C#7 D Sometimes the bedroom walls become my only friends C#7 But they were there from beginning to end 🎸 Chorus: F#m D Bm C# C#7 "I'm tired of holding up your backup plans" F#m D Go down your list and be satisfied Bm C# C#7 If all you have is not enough 🎸 Post-Chorus: F#m D Bm You know I've never held a gun in my life C#7 F#m D Bm But now I carry one around in case I see you tonight 🎸 Outro: C#7 Bedroom walls Bm C#7 Oh, these bedroom walls D C#7 F#m Oh I hate what it tastes like D C#7 F#m D C#7 F#m Notes: After the D you can play a Dmaj7 it sounds fine with a Bm or Bm7
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