Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: D C When people say it's sad D C You know it can't be bad G C And on any other day I'd be soul destroyed D C But now I can't afford to listen to a word they say G Em Am And of all the times we had D C Oh the ultimate late night Bm Didn't taste right
Chorus: G F True words that I should know G Blood on my hands B When you looked around I couldn't be found G A crime's a crime, I'll have to pay Verse 2: D G Now I find that I'm thigh deep Bm C B Too young for the worst of my mind G D You whispered behind me G "If I may make so bold" Call it young and wild D Em B G But I ran a mile in a minute and there's no going back Chorus: F True words that I should know G Blood on my hands Bm When you looked around I couldn't be found F# G A crime's a crime, I'll have to pay Am True words I said to myself G As the wind chilled my bones Bm F# C "Home alone, you call that a late night?" Instrumental: G A C G Verse 3: D C When people say you're dead G You know you caught their eye D C And on any other day I'd be soul destroyed G But that's just not the way now D I don't mind telling you C B Nothing is quite what it seems G F True words that I should know G Must have been blood on my hands B When you look around I couldn't be found F# G A crime's a crime but I don't mind F True words that I should know well G But surely by now I could say to myself Bm F# C "The days are getting longer so I better get stronger fast" Surely by now?