Kiss Off Acoustic chords by Violent Femmes

Standard Tuning EADGBe


Intro: Em


Verse 1:

 Em
I need someone a person to talk to someone who'd care to love
      C        Em
Could it be you? could it be you?


Verse 2:

Em
Situation gets rough then I start to panic, it's not enough it's just a habit
        C           Em
Hey kid you're sick, darling this is it


Chorus 1:

C         D         C
You can all just kiss off into the air
     D          C
Behind my back I can see them stare
        D        C
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
        D           C      D
They'll hurt me bad they do it all the time, yeah yeah!
            C      D
Yeah they do it all the time Yeah, yeah!
          C          D
They do it all the time, do it all the time
          C          D
They do it all the time, do it all the time
          C          D  Em
They do it all the time, do it all the time


Verse 3:

Em
I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record...
                 C
Oh yeah well don't get so distressed, did I happen to mention I'm impressed?


[instrumental break]


Bridge:


(no chord, strum mutes strings)
I take 1, 1, 1 cuz you left me
2, 2, 2 for my family and
3, 3, 3 for my heartache and
4, 4, 4 for my headaches and
Em
5, 5, 5 for my lonely and
6, 6, 6 for my sorrow and
7, 7 for no tomorrow and
9, 8, I forget what 8 was for and
9, 9, 9 for a lost god and
10, 10, 10, 10 for everything everything everything everything


Chorus 2:

C         D         C
You can all just kiss off into the air
     D          C
Behind my back I can see them stare
        D        C
They'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
        D           C      D
They'll hurt me bad they do it all the time, yeah yeah!
            C      D
Yeah they do it all the time Yeah, yeah!
          C          D
They do it all the time, do it all the time
          C          D
They do it all the time, do it all the time
          C          D   Em
They do it all the time, do it all the time