Verse 1:
E A
I stood by somebody else
E
and then I stood by you
A
I couldn't move my legs
C#m
I didn't know what to do
G#m
I fail to find the words
A
I try hard to be cool
B
I die to hear your voice it's
smoothly ringing in the room
Verse 2:
E A
I see you a surgeon in the looks
E
what could you possibly see in me
A
I lost the job I had who picked
C#m
me up when I'm more in doubt
G#m
You know I'll let you cut me up
A
I know you hate to see me bleed
B
Is it the color of my blood
or me in the complete?
Chorus 1:
A E/G# B
18 They had it out for us
F#m A
We were always set for a fall
E/G# B F#m
You saved 197--9 to me it was
A
the end of the world
G#m
Yeah right, we're
B
safe we're cool
D
I know you always wanted more
G#
Pick me we're so
A
clean we'll wake
B
up when the worst is over
Interlude: A--C#m-A-E-D-A-B
Verse 3:
E A
Did I tell you I was premature?
E
I'm not fit to follow rules
A
I always fuck things up I guess
C#m
that makes life more interesting
G#m
You think that I'm absurd
A
well certainly with you
B
I am absolutely assured
I am ill conceived
Bridge:
C#m G#m
There is always something wrong
A
but I need to see it through
B
I don't mean to be obsessed
C#m
I don't need to be amused
G#m
I can't stand to be a stain
A
that needs to be removed
B
If I sacrificed myself then
(hold)
I'd know I never knew you
Chorus 2:
A E/G# B
18 They had it out for us
F#m A
We were always set for a fall
E/G# B F#m
You saved 197--9 to me it was
A
the end of the world
G#m
Yeah right, we're
B
safe we're cool
F#m
I know you always
A
there for fall
G#m B F#m
always there for fall
Chorus 3:
A E/G# B F#m
18 They had it out for us
A E/G# B F#m
18 They had it out for us
D
I know you always wanting more
G# A
Pick me we're so clean we'll
B
wake up when the worst is over
G# A
Take me steering wheel to the
B
cliff now we're going over
G# A
Kiss me kiss and bleed we'll
B(hold)
wake up now the worst is over
