Chords with lyrics
Key: AbAb
♫ Intro:
C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
E minorEm G+G C majorC
♫ Verse 1:
E minorEm G+G C majorC
You were an idealistic man
E minorEm G+G C majorC
I wasn't trying to ruin all your plans
E minorEm G+G C majorC
God gave me hope just like He gave me conviction
E minorEm G+G C majorC
Red herrings in early years that led to contradictions
♫ Verse 2:
E minorEm G+G C majorC
They say that the body's just a thing to house the mind
E minorEm G+G C majorC
But mine keeps betraying me night after night
E minorEm G+G C majorC
Pain through the center of what feeds my self-perception
E minorEm G+G C majorC
It'll fill you for forty years then starve you for attention
C majorC
No more, please
♫ Chorus:
E minorEm
I'm a vacant shell of what you'd allow
G+G C majorC
If you wanted me once, well, you don't want me now
E minorEm
I'll call you back when you're settled with kids
G+G C majorC
You can lean back, relax, tell me all about it
♫ Interlude:
E minorEm G+G C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
♫ Verse 3:
E minorEm G+G C majorC
They say that the body's just a thing to house a life
E minorEm G+G C majorC
But mine heaves and protests with the pressure of just mine
E minorEm G+G C majorC
Wasted potential feels a lot like protection
E minorEm G+G C majorC
From yellow walls, missed birthday calls and passed down self-rejection
C majorC
No more, please
♫ Chorus:
E minorEm
I'm a vacant shell of what you'd allow
G+G C majorC
If you wanted me once, well, you don't want me now
E minorEm
I'll call you back when you're settled with kids
G+G C majorC
You can lean back, relax, tell me all about it
E minorEm
I'm a vacant shell of what you'd allow
G+G C majorC
If you wanted me once, well, you don't want me now
E minorEm
I'll call you back when you're settled with kids
G+G C majorC E minorEm
You can lean back, relax, tell me all about it
♫ Bridge:
G+G C majorC E minorEm
Lean back, relax, tell me all about it
G+G C majorC
Lean back, relax
Outro-Guitar ♫ Solo:
E minorEm G+G C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
E minorEm G+G C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
E minorEm G+G C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC
E minorEm G+G C majorC E minorEm G+G C majorC