Capo 1. The song is in 7/8 and 5/4
Uncommon chord legend:
F6: 130211 (use thumb for bass note and index for B and e strings)
G9: 320201
Am/B*: x20210
[Verse 1]
G Bm F
To think that I would die this time
C/G G
Isolated in the room where the bed rises
D A
Photographic ordinary people are everywhere
F#m Dm Bm
Extraordinary histories, ordinary histories, ordinary histories
[Counterverse 1]
F G Dm C
I’ll find sleep, I’ll find peace
Bm Dm Abm F6
Or in death I'll sleep with ease
[Verse 2]
G Bm F
To figure that it was my fault
C/G G
Or so I’ve come to realize life is not about
D A
Love with someone, ordinary people are everywhere
F#m Dm Bm
Extraordinary people are, ordinary people are, ordinary people are
[Counterverse 2]
F G Dm C
Everywhere you look, everywhere you turn?
Bm Dm Abm F6
Illness is watching, waiting its turn
[Bridge 1]
C E
Did I go at it wrong?
F Dbm Abm
Or did I go intentionally to destroy me?
Am Dbm G Dbm Abm
I’m suffering in noise I’m suffering in (touching ordinary body)
Am E F Dbm Abm
The burning from within the burning from with (ordinary hysteria)
Am Dbm G Abm E7
I could not be at rest, I could not be at peace (extraordinary hysteria)
[Verse 3]
Am D F C
So do yourself a good, or do yourself a death from ordinary causes
Am D F C Am/C
Or do yourself a favor, or do yourself a death from ordinary causes
[Bridge 2]
Fmaj7 Am Dm G
Illness likes, to prey upon the lonely, prey upon the lonely
Fmaj7 Am Dm G
When it dies, oh, I would rather be, but I would rather be fine
[Interlude]
F G Dm C
ooooooooooooooooooooh
Bm Dm Abm F6
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
[Chorus 1]
F
I want to be well, I want to be well
I want to be well, I want to be well
C
I want to be well, I want to be well
I want to be well, I want to be well
Dm
I want to be well, I want to be well
I want to be well, I want to be well
C/G
I want to be well, I want to be well
I want to be well, I want to be well
Am/E
I want to be well, I want to be well
I want to be well, I want to be well
G9
I want to be well, I want to be well
I want to be well, I want to be well
[Verse 4]
F Am/C
And I forgive you even? as you choke me that way
Am/B* Dm/A
With the pill or demon? and the shrouded shalom
Dm/A C/G
Under conversation? in tremendous weight of
C/F
A crowd of ages outside ?dressed for murder?
Am/E
I’m not fucking around
G9
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
Gadd9
I’m not, I’m not
[Chorus 2]
F
I’m not fucking around
Am/C
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
Am/B* Dm/A
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
C/G
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
C/F Am/E
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
G9
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
Gadd9
I’m not, I’m not
[Verse 5]
F Am/C
And shall I kiss you even as you take me that way?
Am/B* Dm/A
With the pill or demon as my body changes
Dm/A C/G
Apparitions gone awry they surround me, all sides
C/F
But from within I see an unholy change
Am/E
I'm not fucking around
G9
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
Gadd9
I’m not, I’m not
[Chorus 3]
F
I’m not fucking around
Am/C
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
Am/B* Dm/A
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
C/G
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
C/F Am/E
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
G9
I’m not, I’m not, I’m not fucking around
Gadd9
I’m not, I’m not
F