Tuned a whole step down (DGCFAD). All chords relative to standard.
C - x32010
G - 320010
F - x33210
Am - x02210
C/B - x20010
[Intro]
F G Am C
[Verse]
F G Am C
I wish that I could say, “I’m giving you my best.”
F G Am C
To the people that I’m closest to this is my first collapse.
F G Am C
I spent the last few years trying to figure it out.
F G Am C
It left me hung up with lines like love first times, I hate the sound.
[Interlude]
F G Am C
[Verse]
F
A sunny California has quaked to the rain,
Am G F
sun is sleeping in the ocean with a novelty tee that reads,
Am
“Fuck the stars. You know who you are.”
G
You know who you are.
[Chorus]
C C/B C F
I keep my head low but you mistook that for my eyes closed.
Am G F
Eyes closed, and I can’t stand this place that we’re from.
Am G F
Take a shot and I can’t stand these things that I’ve done.
F G
(It’s all I’ve got.)
[Verse]
Am G F
The lonely writer writes himself to sleep tonight
C G
and if he can’t stay the same maybe you’re the one to blame.
F G Am G F
I’ve seen everything I want inside of everything I’m not,
C G
inside a small northern town where she’s too often found.
[Chorus]
C C/B C F
I keep my head low but you mistook that for my eyes closed.
C C/B C
Eyes closed, and I’m not pulling my punches it’s just some nights I can’t win.
F
I’m now writing for closure and slowly learning to live
Am G F
and I can’t stand this place that we’re from.
Am G F
Take a shot and I can’t stand these things that I’ve done. It’s all I’ve got.
[Interlude]
F G Am C
[Bridge]
F G Am C
Fall asleep on the streets of the cities you love.
F G Am C
Fall asleep on the streets of the cities you love.
F G Am C F G Am C
Fall asleep on the streets of the cities you love.
[Chorus]
C F
I keep my head low but you mistook that for my eyes closed.
C C/B C
Eyes closed, and I’m not pulling my punches it’s just some nights I can’t win.
F
I’m now writing for closure and slowly learning to live
Am G F
and I can’t stand this place that we’re from.
Am G F
Take a shot and I can’t stand these things that I’ve done.