Dirty Needles chords by Matt Pless

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD


Verse 1:
        G+G            BB
This one goes out to every Romeo who's wasting his time
    E minorEm               C majorC   D MajorD
Waiting for the junkie angels in the Juliet line
    G+G                  BB
Where Pandora's primping pupils paint the perfect Monet
     E minorEm                C majorC   D MajorD
Hanging locked away and lonesome next to Dorian Gray
      BB        E minorEm
And as the poison drains my mind
        D MajorD      G+G    BB
It leaves me wondering why I can't find
  C majorC      G+G        D MajorD
A augmentedA remedy that suits me well as you
D MajorD
It's true, my baby's born to lose

Chorus:
        C majorC        G+G
Because she's bringing out the worst in me
   D MajorD         G+G
But does the best she can
    C majorC        G+G
She's casting off the lifeboats
      D MajorD       G+G
While I'm sinking as she swims
      A augmentedA       D MajorD       B minorBm     E minorEm
And I've found myself a lover who'd be better as a friend
      C majorC        G+G        D MajorD      G+G  D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Cause she plays with dirty needles and she's in my arms again


Verse 2:
         G+G
She's from the wrong side of the track marks
     BB
And I'm setting my sights
   E minorEm             C majorC      D MajorD
On a candy-coated ticket to the train wreck tonight
    G+G                BB
So I jumped a wallet rehab bound three sheets to the wind
      E minorEm              C majorC   D MajorD
While her fire feeds the fever flaming under my skin
       BB        E minorEm
And as the twinkle fades my eyes
       D MajorD      G+G   BB
It shapes a face I hardly recognize
   C majorC         G+G       D MajorD
She hides behind the boiling silver spoons
 D MajorD
Confused, like one who's been abused

Chorus:
        C majorC        G+G
Because she's dancing 'round the disco lights
    D MajorD        G+G
Takes pride in all my shame
    C majorC           G+G
The conscience points the fingers
       D MajorD        G+G
When there's no one left to blame
      A augmentedA        D MajorD       B minorBm         E minorEm
Then I'll stop and ask in silence if the pleasure's worth the pain
      C majorC        G+G        D MajorD       G+G
Cause she plays with dirty needles and she does it all in vain


Instrumental:
G+G B minorBm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
G+G B minorBm E minorEm C majorC D MajorD


Bridge:
 G+G
Black clouds, blue skies
 D MajorD
Little white-line lies
 E minorEm            C majorC      D MajorD
Laugh out loud while the river rolls 'round
G+G          D MajorD
Cure for boredom, habit forming
E minorEm            C majorC      D MajorD
Up all night while the river rolls 'round
       B minorBm      E minorEm
And when the tourniquet unwinds
       D MajorD       G+G    D MajorD
And all the toxic phantoms run and hide
    C majorC          G+G      D MajorD
From twelve-step fathers juggling the truth
  D MajorD  N.C.
No use, I had to cut her loose


Chorus:
       C majorC      G+G        D MajorD     G+G
She said "A woman is the open wound that vexes every man"
    C majorC         G+G      D MajorD       G+G
Then softly kissed her scorpion and placed it in my hand
      A minorAm        D MajorD
Then she locked me in her magic lamp
  B minorBm      E minorEm
My wish is her demand
      C majorC         G+G
Cause she plays with dirty needles
     D MajorD        G+G
And she fits the glass syringe
     C majorC        G+G
Yes she plays with dirty needles
     D MajorD
And she's in my arms
  G+G
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