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I got the chords from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=86XfOfD9dZE
Watch the video to help with the strumming pattern, especially in the chorus and bridge/breakdown.
CHORDS USED:
Fm: |1|3|3|x|x|x| Em: |0|2|2|x|x|x|
Gm: |3|5|5|x|x|x| G#m: |4|6|6|x|x|x|
Bb: |x|1|3|3|x|x| C: |x|3|5|5|x|x|
C#: |x|4|6|6|x|x| D#: |x|6|8|8|x|x|
F: |x|8|10|10|x|x| F/A: |x|7|10|10|x|x|
VERSE 1:
FmYou're my favorGmite explosion.
FmA violin with no hands plays Csymphonies with no words.
FmA drowning boy with no voice prays
GmSomeone up there's telling me,
FmYou'd better not get back up
I spit my Cheart into this red cup.
G#mI'd better pick it back up, it might ruin your Gmnight.
PRE CHORUS:
And she said, F"Baby, leave the water byBb the bed for later,
Gmand I woke up without a single G#mdrop.
CHORUS:
I told myself...
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
VERSE 2:
She said Fmpaint a picture of me,
Throw your dCress up and your heart away.
Yeah, FmI heard what you said. A friend of a friend,
These Gmstrangers at the party never paFmid.
And if that doesn't turn you oCn.
CI'll keep talking till something doeG#ms.
Gm C# (single strum)
As we're covered in sand, you roll over and smile.
CHORUS:
I told myself...
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
BRIDGE:
F F, F/A
And until that day,
I'll steal you flowers from theC# cemetery, rBbed...
BREAKDOWN:
Fm, Fm, Fm-Em, Em, Em (x2)
Roses. Red rose of the dead.
How does it feel to breathe oxygen inside her head'
BRIDGE:
FmSo say it, say I'm in love,C cause you called me
G#mCrying from your job,Gm said you just got
FmFired, and you don't have a Cbackup plan,
G#mso don't expect me to uGmnderstand.
(A diamond bullet and a gun made of gold, she was covered in blood last seen in San Francisco.)
We Fmall breakdown.
Sometimes the bCedroom walls become my Fmonly friends,
but they were tGmhere from beginning to eFmnd.
CHORUS:
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
I'm tired of holding up your backup plans.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have.
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums) Bb, C (hold)
You know I've never held a gun in my life,
F, F-D#-C#, C#-C (single strums)
but now I carry one around in case I see you tonight.
OUTRO:
BbBedroom Cwalls.
Oh, these Fmbedroom Gmwalls.
Oh, I Fmhate what it tastes like.