Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
A#mA#m FF
Grandma’s drunk again
BB F#F#
passed out in her soup.
A#mA#m FF
The rats are singing
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there’s asbestos in the roof.
A#mA#m FF
Mr. Perkins in the
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front yard with his gun.
A#mA#m FF
The kids are crying
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as he points it at the sun.
Chorus:
F#F# G#G# FF F#F#
I smell pollen where the grass still lives
F#F# G#G# FF F#F#
standing on the mezzanine choking on my spit.
F#F# G#G# FF F#F#
I still wonder why they live like this
F#F# G#G# F*
it seems like everyone’s dying.
Instrumental:
A#mA#m FF BB F#F# (x2)
Verse 2:
A#mA#m FF
She killed her husband ‘cause he
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loved her like a whore.
A#mA#m FF
They say the flowers grew
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the day she dumped the corpse.
A#mA#m FF
She drowns herself inside her
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Tylenol and pills.
A#mA#m FF
Says she could have been
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an actress in a film.
Chorus:
F#F# G#G# FF F#F#
But I smell pollen where the grass still lives
F#F# G#G# F#F# F#F#
standing on the mezzanine choking on my spit.
F#F# G#G# FF F#F#
I still wonder why they live like this
F#F# G#G# F*
It seems like everyone’s dying.
Instrumental:
A#mA#m FF BB F#F# (x4)
Bridge:
C#C# G#G# FF F#F#
This town is dying.
C#C# G#G# FF F#F#
Why are they like this?
C#C# G#G# FF F#F#
God keeps on lying.
C#C# G#G# FF F#F#
They’ll try to hide it.
C#C# G#G#
They’re setting fire to the churches tonight.
FF F#F#
The shadows dance on the wall.
C#C# G#G# F*
Waiting for the answers to their calls.
Outro:
A#mA#m FF BB F#F# (x4)
backwards gibberish
* = Strum once and let ring