Tab indicates changes in key as the songs transition.
Listen to the medley to get a further understanding of the general flow of the song.
Tab created by Spencer Halse (a P!ATD fanatic, pianist, drummer and vocalist)
[The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage] - Key of [F#m]
[Verse 1]
F#m Dmaj7
Sit tight, I'm going to need you to keep time
E Dmaj7 F#m
Come on, just snap, snap, snap your fingers for me
Dmaj7
Good, good, now we're making some progress
E Dmaj7 F#m
Come on, just tap, tap, tap your toes to the beat
[Pre-Chorus]
(F#m) Dmaj7 E Dmaj7 F#m
And I believe this may call for a proper introduction, and well
Dmaj7 E Dmaj7
Don't you see? I'm the narrator, and this is just the prologue
[Chorus]
E F#
Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen
D A E
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
F# E F# E
I aim to be your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives
E F#
Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen
D A E
Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention
F# E F# E
I aim to be your eyes- [fades out]
[Camisado] - Key of [Bm]
[Verse 1]
Bm
This is the scent of dead skin on a linoleum floor
D
This is the scent of quarantine wings in a hospital
G
(It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional)
Em A
It sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal
Bm
The anesthetic never set in and I'm wondering where
D
The apathy and urgency is that I thought I phoned in
G
(It's not so pleasant and it's not so conventional)
Em A
And it sure as hell ain't normal but we deal, we deal
[Bridge]
D
You're a regular decorated emergency
D
You're a regular decorated emergency [high note]
[Chorus]
G A Bm
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Bm
Sit back, relax, sit back, relapse again
G A Bm
Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid
Bm
Just sit back, just sit back
[Bridge]
G F#m
Sit back, sit back, relax, relapse
Em D G
Sit back, sit back, ba ba ba da oh-
A Bm Bm/D
You can't take the kid out of the fight...
[Outro]
Bm D
The I.V. and your hospital bed
G
This was no accident
Em A
This was a therapeutic chain of events
[But It's Better If You Do] - Key of [Am}
[Verse 1]
Am
Now I'm of consenting age
G F Am
To be forgetting you in a cabaret somewhere
Downtown where a burlesque queen
G F
May even ask my name
Am
As she sheds her skin on stage
G F
I'm seated and sweating to a dance song
Am
On the club's P.A
G
The strip joint veteran sits two away
F
Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified
Dm Dm Em F x2
Peach and lime... daiquiri
[Chorus]
Am C F
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em G#dim
Praying for love in a lap dance
G#dim
And paying in naivety?
Am C F
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me?
Dm F
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
Em Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance - woahh..
[Interlude]
Am F#m G F
[Bridge](heavy swing drums)
Am
But I'm afraid that I
G F
Well, I may have faked it
Am G
And I wouldn't be caught dead
F
D-dead, d-dead, d-dead in this place
Am
Well, I'm afraid that I
G
Well, that's right
F
Well, I may have faked it
Am G
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place
[The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage] - Key of [F#m}
[Bridge]
F#m D E
(Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
F#m A E
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
F#m D E
Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen
F#m E
Swear to shake it up, swear to shake it up)
[Outro]
F#m
La-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da
F#m
La-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
F#m
La-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da, da-da-da
F#m
La-da-da-da, da-da-da-da-da
F#m (ring out guitar)