Mostly power chords but I like to open up to full open or barre chords in the bigger parts of the song.
The timing is a little tricky but otherwise it's a fairly straightforward song.
[Intro]
B
C#m B (x8)
[Verse]
C#m B F#m
Oh, I climb the wooden stairs to my apartment in the city
E
with dark brown molding and white walls.
C#m B F#m
I search my bank account for traces of the forty-hour weeks
E C#m B
I’ve been working since last fall.
[Chorus]
C#m E
Give me a list of alarms to set,
F#m
I’ll tuck myself into bed and hope that I can sleep in
E
on the weekends.
C#m
Another slave to a paycheck,
A
a silent servant to my monthly rent,
F#m E C#m B
what’s keeping me from sinking in the deep end?
[Verse]
C#m B
Now there’s something to be said
F#m
for a firm lack of common sense,
A
'cause god knows getting in the van isn’t paying rent.
C#m B
And now my older friends
F#m
are all getting married with kids,
A C#m
and I’m just stoked to play a basement.
F#m
What's right and wrong in times like these?
[Chorus]
C#m E
Give me a list of alarms to set,
F#m
I’ll tuck myself into bed and hope that I can sleep in
E
on the weekends.
C#m
Another slave to a paycheck,
A
a silent servant to my monthly rent,
F#m E
what’s keeping me from sinking in the deep end?
[Bridge]
C#m
And all I can do is stall
C
while the plans we make
B
become grit in the storm drain’s teeth,
Bb
and the rain is getting harder every week.
A G#m
.....Now the plans we make
F#m
become grit in the storm drain’s teeth,
N.C.
and the puddles are growing deeper at my feet.
[Chorus]
C#m E
Give me a list of alarms to set,
F#m
I’ll tuck myself into bed and hope that I can sleep in
E
on the weekends.
C#m
Another slave to a paycheck,
A
a silent servant to my monthly rent,
F#m
I'm sinking, I'm sinking
E C#m
I'm sinking, I'm sinking, I'm saying I'm sinking again