Hippo Campus - Landmark (2017)
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[Tracklisting]
1. Sun Veins
2. Way It Goes
3. Vines
4. Epitaph
5. Simple Season
6. Tuesday
7. Western Kids
8. Poems
9. Monsoon
10. Vacation
11. Boyish
12. Interlude
13. Buttercup
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1. Sun Veins
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: F#
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[Intro]
F#
[Verse]
F#
Say my name
With your sunlight veins
I saw you there, and I swear you haven't changed
With your sunlight veins
C# F#
With your sunlight veins
[Outro]
A E
Ahhhhhhhh
D A
Ahhhhhhhh
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2. Way It Goes
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: A
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[Verse 1]
A E
Wisconsin pines, collaborating with the day glow vibes
D
An altruistic breed of travel guide
A
It's chill, but lord knows you're trying
E
Zombie kids love to hear that easy going shit
D
Grab a guitar and Just moaning shit
A
It's cool, But Lord knows you're trying
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 A
That's the way it goes
Dmaj7
That's the way it goes
A
It's so satisfying
[Verse 2]
A
You put your records on
E
Exclusively the old Pavement ones
D
A 90's soul with Doc Martens on
A
A step, a step away from crying
E
Degenerate, counter-culture, crying socialist
D
Hip-to-lazed crazed abstractionists
A
We're weird, but Lord knows we're trying
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 A
That's the way it goes
Dmaj7
That's the way it goes
A
It's so satisfying
Dmaj7
Yeah
A
That's the way it goes
Dmaj7
That's the way it goes
A
One step away from crying
[Bridge]
Dmaj7 A
Well that's the way it goes
Dmaj7 A
That's the way it goes
Dmaj7 A
Yeah-eh-eh thats the way it goes
Dmaj7 A
That's the way it goes
[Chorus]
Dmaj7 A
That's the way it goes
Dmaj7
That's the way it goes
A
It's so satisfying
Dmaj7 A
Yeah-eh-eh that's the way it goes
Dmaj7
That's the way it goes
A E
One step away from crying
[Outro]
A E D A
A E D A
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3. Vines
No Capo
Standard Tuning
Key: C
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[Intro]
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
[Verse 1]
C Dm
I see meaning where you don't, where you don't
C Dm
I see waves of pastel orange and yellow paintings fire
C Dm
I see futures that you won't, that you won't
C Dm
I see futures where our nights are lost to condensation
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7
Night time in the basement, screaming about our feelings
C Fmaj7
Running through the cold air
Searching for a meaning
C Fmaj7
Passed out on the concrete
Dizzy from the spinning
C Fmaj7
Wake up to the feeling that everybody's leaving
[Verse 2]
C
I'm sick of your come downs
Dm
Sick of your truce
Sick of your way
C Dm
I'm sick of your tragedy that's living in our status
C
I'm sick of your echoes
Dm
Sick of these ghosts that haunt our place
C Dm
I get the feeling that I'll never leave this house again
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7
Night time in the basement, screaming about our feelings
C Fmaj7
Running through the cold air
Searching for a meaning
C Fmaj7
Passed out on the concrete
Dizzy from the spinning
C Fmaj7
Wake up to the feeling that everybody's leaving
C Fmaj7
Everybody's leaving
C Fmaj7
Everybody's leaving
[Bridge]
C Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7
Failed by design, slow your pace down to mine
C Fmaj7
Watch my back, heave a sigh
Am Fmaj7
Keep it safe, make it right
C Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7
Failed by design, slow your pace down to mine
C Fmaj7
Watch my back, heave a sigh
Am Fmaj7
Keep it safe, make it right
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7
Night time in the basement, screaming about our feelings
C Fmaj7
Running through the cold air
Searching for a meaning
C Fmaj7
Passed out on the concrete
Dizzy from the spinning
C Fmaj7
Wake up to the feeling that everyone is leaving
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4. Epitaph
No Capo
Standard Tuning
Key: A
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[Verse 1]
A
I'm dying and afraid
D
The colors of this sound like a shape
C#m
The feast of words you never could say
D
And I'm torn apart
A
In the sun, there is red
D
The epitaph of an old record player
C#m
The sweetness in the salt of her hair
D D6
And there's no decision
[Interlude]
A Dmaj7 A Dmaj7
[Verse 2]
A
I knew a girl once
Dmaj7
There were splinters from her thoughts
C#m
Unless you knew a god
Dmaj7
With kindness in her heart
A
You're a dark one
D
With a knack for pushing boys off a cliff
C#m
And the messy eyes of ink-splattered fits
D
And it's all found in a page
[Chorus]
A
I need nothing more than my problems
D
Just let me know when you've found them
A
You've got mirth and I've got snow hands
D
Eyes fell and haven't come up since
C#m E
Mary
D
Damn, you scare me
C#m E D
Oh Mary
[Verse 3]
A E
I know a place out beyond these pines
D
Where the sky falls down with the cumulus cries
A E
A winter song for a January type
I could tame my heart
D
I could blind my eyes
A
The river is an organ
E
And the meadow is a church
For a strange inclination
D
That fortune is a curse
E
I'm a cryptic writer
I'm an ignorant fool
A
I'm a poor excuse for poetry
D
Trying to play it cool
Dm
I'm just trying to play it cool
[Bridge]
N.C. A
I need nothing more than my problems
Dmaj7
Just let me know when you've found them
A9
You've got tact and I've got bravado
Dmaj7
I'm a ghost and you are a shadow
A9
I need nothing more than my problems
Dmaj7
Just let me know when you've found them
A9
You've got mirth and I've got snow hands
Dmaj7
Eyes fell and haven't come up since
[Outro]
C#m E
Mary
Dmaj7
Dare me, scare me
C#m E Dmaj7 A
Oh Mary
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5. Simple Season
Capo 1st fret
Standard Tuning
Key: Ab
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[Intro]
A D
A D
[Verse 1]
A F#m
Posted up, fours got stained from everything
A F#m
Sippy cups, here's to us and no one else
A F#m
You're like me, piece by piece you fall apart
A F#m
Island home, ain't a terrible start
[Chorus]
D
Half moon, hey to the daytime
Bm A
Blueberry knees feeling just fine, yeah
D
Break up, down in the backyard
Bm A
This simple season is all ours, yeah
Em E
La da la da la da la da!
[Instrumental]
A D
A D
[Verse 2]
A
Friendly storms seem to pull us back
F#m
Still lukewarm ashtray heart attacks
A F#m
Daffodils, happy pills and Harriet strikes
[Chorus]
D
Half moon, hey to the daytime
Bm A
Blueberry knees feeling just fine, yeah
D
Break up, down in the backyard
Bm A
This simple season is all ours, yeah
D
Lake scene, knee deep in the stars
Bm A
This simple season is all ours, yeah
Em E
[Instrumental]
A Bm D
A Bm D
[Bridge]
F#m
Sweet love, kiss on the eyelid
Bm
Bruised up, chasing the sky, did
F#m
You say something about her
Bm
My legs brush up beside her
D
Too young looking for trouble
Bm
New god, lost in the struggle
D
One more night in the backyard
Bm A
This simple season
D
This simple season is all ours
Bm A
This simple season is all ours
D
This simple season is all ours
Bm A
This simple season is all ours
[Outro]
Em E
A
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6. Tuesday
Capo 1st fret
Standard Tuning
Key: Ab
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[Intro]
G Am7 (x4)
[Verse 1]
G Am7 G
Sometimes I call it a Tuesday
Am7 G
Sometimes I call it the best day of my life
Am7 G
Maybe that was a Friday
Am7 C
Making conversation with a box of wine
[Chorus]
Am7
Oh love
C Am7 G
I'll only call you when I'm drunk
Am7 G Am7 G
(Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah) On Tuesday
Am7 G Am7
(Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah) On Tuesday
[Verse 2]
G Am7 G
Sometimes I think I'm mundane
Am7 G
Sometimes I think I'm better off like my dad
Am7 G
Maybe that's progressive
Am7 C
Maybe that's the working class
[Chorus]
Am7
Oh love
C Am7 G
I'll only call you when I'm drunk
Am7 G Am7 G
(Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah) On Tuesday
Am7 G Am7
(Ah ah, ah ah, ah ah) On Tuesday
[Bridge]
D7 C
My friends say we are the lucky ones
D7
In terms of our relationship
C D7
Alcoholic tendencies underneath our fingertips
I think I love you
C
I think I know you
D7
Or is it only liquor speak?
I want to love you
C
I wanna know you
[Chorus]
G Am7 G
Sometimes I call it a Tuesday
Am7 G
Sometimes I think that I am doing fine
Am7 G
Sometimes I call it a Tuesday
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
[Outro]
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day of my life
Am7 G
Sometimes it's the best day
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7. Western Kids
Capo 3rd fret
Standard Tuning
Key: Bb
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[Verse 1]
G Em Em G
See how the western kids
C C Am Am Am C
Have silicon inside their lips
G G Em Em Em G
A mask or an artifice
C C Am Am Am C
For the love that their parents give
G G Em Em Em G
The northern girls they play the part
C C Am Am Am C
With painted face, they're works of art
G G Em Em Em G
I swear to god I felt it then
C C Am Am Am C
The perfumed aura of wine and gin
[Chorus]
Em D C
I just love this I swear I'll go viral
Em D C
From the burbs' to the streets now, it's a revival
Em D C
The spirit is found in the idealistically idle
Em D G Am G
The age of excess
Em D C
And I just love it (la la la la la la)
Em D C
I just love it (la la la la la la)
Em D C Am G Am G
I just love it (la la la la la la)
[Verse 2]
Em
The Midwestern plains recall
C
Firearms and alcohol
G
The proxy-server kind of men
Em Am
The socialites they're brooding hens
G
The silhouettes they play the part
C
Their east coast digs are works of art
G
But the sickness sleeps inside our bones
C
With solipsistic overtones
[Chorus]
N.C. C
I just love this I swear I'll go viral
Em D C
From the burbs' to the streets now, it's a revival
Em D C
The spirit is found in the idealistically idle
Em D G Am G
The age of excess
Em D C
And I just love it (la la la la la la)
Em D C
I just love it (la la la la la la)
Em D C Am G Am G
I just love it (la la la la la la)
[Outro]
G C G C (x2)
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8. Poems
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: E
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[Intro]
Emaj7
[Verse 1]
Emaj7 F#m Emaj7
Mary packed her bags and left home on a Christmas Eve
F#m Emaj7 F#m
For sea soaked skies and dashing lads with cars
Emaj7 F#m Emaj7
An actress orphaned by the social constructs of her art school
F#m Emaj7
A victim of their esoteric rule
F#m Emaj7 F#m
So pretentious that she almost thought it cool
But all you'd hear is
[Chorus]
E
La, la la la la
F#m
La la la la la, la la
E
La, la la la la
F#m
La la la la la, la la
[Verse 2]
Emaj7 F#m Emaj7
Purpose was a vague ideal that she would always talk on
F#m Emaj7
Till she fell in love with the salesman from TV
F#m Emaj7 F#m
Yeah, she fell in love with a salesman from TV
While all of Hollywood sang
[Chorus]
E
La, la la la la
F#m
La la la la la, la la
E
La, la la la la
F#m
La la la la la, la la
[Bridge]
Emaj7
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Emaj7
Pearly, pretty prize, and a ribbon box of sighs
F#m
In a collared shirt
She thought it wouldn't hurt
Emaj7
Certain love of mine with the palest blue eyes
F#m
In a collared shirt
I thought it couldn't hurt
Emaj7
Wood flavored kiss taste the concrete of this
F#m
It really fucked with me, it really fucked with me
Emaj7
California eyes are a death witch from design
F#m
You really fucked with me
[Outro]
E
La, la la la la
F#m
La la la la la, la la
E
La, la la la la
F#m
La la la la la, la la
E
La, la la la la
F#m
La la la la la, la la
E
La, la la la la
A E Emaj7
La la la la la, la la
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9. Monsoon
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: F
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[Verse 1]
F C Bb F
Just two days after the first of June
Dm C F Bb
A pine with arms brushing off the dew
F C Bb F
Unlike a sky copious with death
Dm C F Bb
Precipitation of heart and head
F C Bb F
Should wash the rest of her youth away
Dm C F Bb
And carry on with it as she may
F C Bb F
But something's pending curvaceously
Dm C F Bb
'Cuz sunburned skin won't agree with me
[Refrain]
F Dm Bb
It should've been me
F Dm Bb
It should've been me
F Dm Bb
It should've been me
F Dm Bb
It should've been me
[Verse 2]
F C Bb F
The pleasure's good as the pleasure's sound
Dm C F Bb
My chin held shut so my heart can talk louder
F C Bb F
I was a mess just like the pool
Dm C F Bb
Our days spent crossed out of Sunday school
F C Bb F
July has always been shy of June
Dm C F Bb
Some monsoon, monsoon, monsoon
F C Bb F
Come heavy of a golden hue
Dm C F Bb
My monsoon monsoon, monsoon
F Bb
Monsoon, monsoon
F Bb
Monsoon, monsoon
F Bb
Monsoon, monsoon
F Bb
Monsoon, monsoon
[Refrain]
F C Bb F
It should've been me
Dm C F Bb
It should've been me
F C Bb F
It should've been me
Dm C F Bb
It should've been me
F C Bb F
It should've been me
Dm C F Bb
It should've been me
F C Bb F
It should've been me
Dm C F Bb
It should've been me
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10. Vacation
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: E
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[Verse 1]
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9
My thoughts are a battlefield of sub-surreal and unfamiliar
Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9
Dropping hallucinogens to find serene with oak and cedar
Amaj9/E
With all that fell in our laps
Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9
You'd think that peace would come and find us
Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E
I struggle to see a point of searching for the walls beside us
[Pre-Verse]
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E C#m7 Aadd9
[Verse 2]
Eadd9 Amaj9/E
There's fickle roads that fade
Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9
To paths of safe and signs delivered
Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9
Smoking grass to find our facts while hopes decay and wither
Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9
I'll take out my lighter to see in dull and dark juniper evenings
Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E
I'll burn the field to yield a sign of biblical proportions
[Chorus]
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting
F#m11/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting for you, love
Amaj9/E C#m7
Your friends are all waiting
Aadd9
Your friends are all waiting for you, love
[Bridge]
E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11 E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11
I'm not standing anymore
E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11
I'm two steps in and two steps over it
E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11
I've had my time in the present tense
E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11
I'm taking vacations where vacancy's permanent
E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11
I'll find the inner tranquil there
E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11
I hear you've seen her over the mountain
E F#m11 Emaj7/D# F#m11
But I'm not standing anymore
I'll vacate my body and find a direction
[Pre-Chorus]
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E
I'll vacate my body and find a direction
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9 F#m11/E (x2)
[Chorus]
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting
F#m11/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting for you, love
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting
F#m11/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting for you, love
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting
F#m11/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting for you, love
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Your friends are all waiting
F#m11/E
Your friends are all waiting for you, love
[Outro]
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
Eadd9 Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
Amaj9/E Eadd9
Ba-bah you said you wanted to
F#m11/E E
Ba-bah you're finally coming to
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11. Boyish
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: A
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[Intro]
Amaj7 E Emaj7 E Eadd9
[Verse 1]
A Emaj7
'Our stucco arms are forever tied loose (uh-oh, uh-oh, uh ohhhh)
A Emaj7
Your velvet touch sends me back to the moon (uh-oh, uh-oh, uh ohhhh)
A
Daddy's coming home but mammas looking guilty
Emaj7
Brothers in the basement 'til he's thirty (ohhhh, ohhhh)
A
Wolf child's heavy with the weight of the world
Emaj7
Storing all his love in an adolescent girl (ohhhh, ohhhh)
[Chorus]
Amaj7
There's sunlight dripping off the apricot tree
E Emaj7 E Emaj7
Lost to the night tide growing in me
Amaj7
Singing to the drunks like they're mom and dad
E Emaj7 E Emaj7
All we ever knew is what we didn't have
[Verse 2]
A
Never really knew if I did something wrong
Emaj7
All I ever heard was "it wasn't my fault" (uh-oh, uh-oh, uh ohhhh)
A
But what good is truth if you don't understand
Emaj7
Nothing but a pair of calloused hands? (uh-oh, uh-oh, uh ohhhh)
[Chorus]
Amaj7
There's sunlight dripping off the apricot tree
E
Lost to the night tide growing in me
Emaj7 E Emaj7
(I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya)
Amaj7
Singing to the drunks like our momma did
E
All we ever knew is what we didn't have
Emaj7 E Emaj7
(I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya)
[Bridge]
A Emaj7
There's sunlight dripping off the apricot tree
A Emaj7
Lost to the night tide living in me
(I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya)
[Interlude]
Amaj7 Emaj7
Amaj7 Emaj7
[Chorus]
Amaj7
There's sunlight dripping off the apricot tree
E
Lost to the night tide growing in me
Emaj7 E Emaj7
(I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya)
Amaj7
Singing to the drunks like our momma did
E
All we ever knew is what we didn't have
Emaj7 E Emaj7
(I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya, I've been saying to ya)
[Outro]
Amaj7 Emaj7
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12. Interlude
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: A
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Fmaj7 Cmaj7 F Cmaj7
Fmaj7 Cmaj7 F E7 Em
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13. Buttercup
No capo
Standard Tuning
Key: E
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[Chorus]
E A
I'll be fine on my own, she said, I don't need you inside my head
E A C#m A
(She'll be fine on her own, she'll be fine on her own)
E A
I'll be fine on my own, she said, all my love's wrapped in shades of red
E A C#m A
(She'll be fine on her own, she'll be fine on her own)
[Interlude]
E A E A C#m A (x2)
[Verse 1]
E F#m
No holds barred in the ring so you'll fight me
E F#m A
Give 'em hell, give 'em teeth like you taught me
E F#m
Tireless mess, seeking thrills getting bitey
E F#m A
When I'm in doubt
E A
Pudgy face kissing lace in the backseat
E A
Wrinkled toss of the coin that I can't see
E A
Don't forget I have you to be like me
E F#m A Am
Where around is enough for a family
[Chorus]
N.C. A E A
I'll be fine on my own, she said, I don't need you inside my head
E A C#m A
(She'll be fine on her own, she'll be fine on her own)
E A E A
I'll be fine on my own, she said, all my love's wrapped in shades of red
E A C#m A
(She'll be fine on her own, she'll be fine on her own)
[Verse 2]
E F#m A
Growing pains splaying rain on the high sea
E F#m A
Scale a tree, snap a branch so you can't leave
E F#m A
On the ground, lost and found, understand me
E F#m A
Putting words in my mouth, trying to get free
E F#m A
Solid punch kind of eyes make 'em wobbly
E A
Gothic vine growing fire in the lobby
E A
Lighten up, buttercup, get a hobby
E C#m B F#m A
Yeah, swing, sucker, swing, finish sob- bing
[Bridge]
A F#m E C#m
She'll be fine on her own... she'll be fine on her own
A F#m
She'll be fine on her own, she'll be fine on her own
E
She'll be fine on her own, she said
C#m
She'll be fine on her own
A
She'll be fine on her own, she said
F#m
She'll be fine on her own, she said
E
She'll be fine on her own (she'll be fine on her own)
C#m
She'll be fine on her own, she said
A
She'll be fine on her own
F#m
She'll be fine on her own (she said)
E
She'll be fine on her own (she'll be fine on her own)
C#m N.C.
She'll be fine on her own
[Verse 3]
E A B
I'll be fine, I'm alright, it's my body
E A B E
Gonna stick to my guns, like you taught me
E A B
Holy hell, I can tell that you hate me
E A B
Dying moon, keep me up, keep me waiting
E A F#m B
I'll be fine, I'm alright, it's my bo- dy
E A Am F#m B
Gonna stick to my guns, like you taught me
E A Am F#m B
Holy hell, I can tell that you hate me
E A Am F#m B
Dying moon, keep me up, keep me waiting
E A Am F#m B
Dying moon, keep me up, keep me waiting
[Outro]
E C#m B A E