Intro: C-G-F-G- x2
Verse 1:
C G A#
She sits at home and tries
F C
to remember all the days
G A#
when everybody said nothing
F
could bring her down
C G
Now she's found that
A#
she can't stand the
F C
site of her reflection
G
in the windows of
A# F F#
this beat up old town
G
She's packing all her
C G
problems Into a carry on bag
C G
She's packing all of her
F
sorrow into one less silver
G
box labeled memories
Chorus 1:
C G
And every night
F
that she's alive
G C
Is a potential suicide
G
And all the teardrops
F
that she cries
G
wont help her
Post Chorus: C-G-F-G-
Verse 2:
C G A#
she goes to bed at night just
F C
to wake up to a nightmare
G
and a headache that
A# F
will never go away
C G A#
She's doing time and hating
F C
every minute of it blaming
G A#
everything on something
F
she can't escape
C G
She cries and she cries
A# F
But no one ever listens and
C G
She doesn't understand
A# F F# G
why she can't slow down
G
She's packing all her
C G
problems Into a carry on bag
C G
She's packing all of her
F
sorrow into one less silver
G
box labeled memories
Chorus 2:
C G
And every night
F
that she's alive
G C
Is a potential suicide
G
And all the teardrops
F
that she cries
G
wont help her
C G
And all the pain
F
she's kept inside
G
Doesn't help to
C
cleanse her mind
G
From all the heartache
F G
and the frustration
Bridge:
Am G
tonight And now it feels like
F F#-G-G#-
she's been dealt a shitty hand
Am G
She said "it is mine" but
F G/B G
she doesn't understand
Chorus 3:
C G
And every night
F
that she's alive
G C
Is a potential suicide
G
And all the teardrops
F
that she cries
G
wont help her
C G
And all the pain
F
she's kept inside
G
Doesn't help to
C
cleanse her mind
G
And all the teardrops
F-- G--
that she cries
Chorus 4:
C G
And every night
F
that she's alive
G C
Is a potential suicide
G
And all the teardrops
F
that she cries
G
wont help her
C G
And all the pain
F
she's kept inside
G
Doesn't help to
C
cleanse her mind
G
From all the heartache
F G C-G-F(Hold)
and the frustration tonight