Standard tuning with a capo on 2, and all chords here are ignoring the capo
During the verses he sometimes alternates between playing with just the top 3
strings in an F* chord, and the D, G, and B strings in a C chord.
This isn't exactly the picking pattern he uses each time, but this is the "bones" of it.
Intro:
Fmaj7 C
e-----0-------0--3p0-----------------------|
B----1-------1------1---3-1-----1---3-1----|
G---2-------2----------0----0-----0----0---| x2
D--3-------3----------2------2---2------2--|
A-----------------------------3-------3----|
E------------------------------------------|
Fmaj7
Always thought I was a novelty little creature
C
Nobody warns you that the death of hope won't feature
Fmaj7 C
any sort of big event to mark its significance
Fmaj7
After we finish ourselves off we ain't leavin'
C G
Scared to go down with an old friend, believe me
F C G F
You better bet we're gonna tie one on tonight
C G F
You never left even though you'd said that you might
C G F
I come back to remember what it was like
C G F C G F
Only Dostoyevsky would dream up a pair like us
Intro (x2)
Fmaj7
Thick skinned, hot headed
C
Better off if you close every valve to your bleedin' heart
Fmaj7
Does it hurt too much? Are you just fed up?
C Fmaj7
Or is it somethin' else entirely?
C G F
When I ask you "Why?" you reply the death of hope hits you hard, too
F C G F
You better bet we're gonna tie one on tonight
C G F
You never left even though you'd said that you might
C G F
I come back to remember what it was like
C G F C Em Am
Only Dostoyevsky could kill off a pair like us
Em Am Em C Em Am Em Am G C
F C G F
You better bet we're gonna drown every doubt
C G F
Half of us has got the other half figured out
C G F
No good deed goes unpunished around here
Fmaj7 C
Fmaj7 C G F
You better bet we're gonna tie one on tonight
C G F
You never left even though you'd said that you might
C G Fmaj7
I come back to remember what we were like