F
F Bb F C x2
F Bb
Astoria, I'm warning ya
F C
Not ready yet, not for ya
F Bb
Don't wanna know my darkest lows
F C
My blackest pitch, murder of crows
F Bb
Feels far from home, close to the veil
F C
Goodbye mothers fairy tale
F Bb
Never after will suffice
F C F
When star crossed lovers take their life
Bb F F C
Bb F F C
F Bb
Now we begin, a harlequin
F C
Kaleidoscope, in spite of when
F Bb
Top of the world, to lowest worth
F C
From blackest pearl, to slow rebirth
F C Bb Bb
Don't remind me what the price is
Bb F Bb/F C
When left to my own devices
F C Bb Bb
'Cause I'll find out in all due time
Bb F Bb/F C
What happens to never say die
Bb F F C
Bb F F C (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) C
C F Bb F F C
Bb F F C
C F Bb F F C
Oh, yeah, I'll say
Bb F F C
Whatever doesn't make me stronger kills me
C F Bb F F C
But it's gonna be a long year
Bb F F C
'Til the hospital can find hope in me
C F Bb
(Tell me I survive)
F F C
Do I survive you, Astoria?
C F Bb
(Tell me I survive)
F F C
Do I survive you, Astoria?
C F Bb Bb F C C G
You know everything happens in
D D A B
Happens in threes
B
F#m
A fevered blur
F#m
Through names obscured
D
And speeches slur
D
What's another bridge burnt?
F#m
I'm on my own
F#m
You came alone
D
All dressed up in bad news
D
I know you've been hurt too
D
This would be the wrong move
D
Maybe we should leave soon?
F#m
You can lay with me while you think of him
E
Drown our sorrows deep in each others skin
D
I'll touch your face while I think of her
E11
I will raise my lips to the way we were
F#m
Bite my neck while you say his name
E
I will scratch your back to forget her face
D
Our regrets taste sweet through a soft liqueur
E11
We can raise our lips to the way we were
C# B Bb C
D G x4
(Technically just D until "I wanna hurt myself until I love it", but this is good for one instrument)
D G
On a good day I'm the bad news
Gsus4 G
For the wrong girl with the right wounds
D G
On a good day I'm the bad news
C C
For the wrong girl with the right wounds
D G Gsus4 G
Hey, ever just say fuck it
D G Gsus4 G
Maybe I'll drink this all away in buckets
D G Gsus4 G
Oh hey, might as well say fuck it
D G Gsus4
I wanna hurt myself until I love it
D A
I should've known you're not alone when you take somebody home and
Bm G
The little deaths are a little less
Even if just for a moment
D A
Hey, lets all say fuck it
Bm C
I'm gonna make my mother so proud of it
F G C F C C G
Yeah______________
(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
G C F C C G
F C C G D
Hope fades away in Astoria
F C C G
I'll say
F C C G
Whatever doesn't make me stronger kills me
C F C C G
But it's gonna be a long year
G C F C C G
'Til the hospital might find hope in me
(Technically just G all the way through, but the C and F substitute for background vocals)
G
Astoria
G
Astoria
G C G G F
Astoria
F F C G G C
Let the melody save me, Astoria
F F C G
Let the melody save me, Astoria
F F G G
The quid pro quos that will compose
Em G Am F
From esoteric to common pros
F (C Bb C Bb) C D
Asto_____________ri____a