Dirty Needles chords by Matt Pless

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G   D   G   D


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

It's true, my baby's born to lose


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


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


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


Instrumental:
G  Bm  Em  C  D
G  Bm  Em  C  D



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


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