Intro
F#m C# D E x3
F#m F#m
[Verse 1]
F#m C# C#/F D C#
Don’t lean on me
F#m C# C#/F D
cause these bones are weak
C# Bm A C# F#m
They’re held up by friction and force
D C#
And I’m not sure it’s in me to be so mean
F#m C# C#/F D
Can people change
C# F#m C# C#/F D
in any meaningful way?
C# Bm A C# F#m D
We cover up We renovate Can you really fool
C# F#m F#m
the world with a fresh coat of paint
[Chorus 1]
F#m A
Save me
Bm A F#m A
I am a little lost
Bm A F#m A
C# real head case
Bm A F#m
Why don’t you box me up?
D C#
You can bury me in the backyard
F#m A
Save me
Bm A F#m A
I got no--body else
Bm A F#m A
C# real psycho
Bm A F#m
But I could use some help
D C#
You can bury me in the backyard
D
You can tell the world
C# Bm A Bm A Bm
that you did your part
[Post Chorus]
F#m C# D E
[Verse 2]
F#m C# C#/F D C# F#m
I love that music saved you and
C# C#/F D C#
Lord knows it’s saved me too
Bm A C# F#m
But songs never love you back
D C#
Can you never know the person
F#m
preaching to you? You can’t
C# C#/F D C# F#m C#
believe what you hear and
C#/F D C# Bm A C# F#m
see History is calling me
D C#
But I was up all night and
F#m F#m
I just want to sleep
[Chorus 2]
F#m A
Save me
Bm A F#m A
I am a little lost
Bm A F#m A
C# real head case
Bm A F#m
Why don’t you box me up?
D C#
You can bury me in the backyard
F#m A
Save me
Bm A F#m A
I got no--body else
Bm A F#m A
C# real psycho
Bm A F#m
But I could use some help
D C#
You can bury me in the backyard
D
You can tell the world
C# Bm A Bm A Bm F#m F#m F#m F#m
that you did your part
[Breakdown]
F#m F#m F#m x3
[Guitar Solo]
F#m x4
[Bridge]
F#m F#m
I’m guilty by association
F#m F#m
I gotta work real hard
F#m
to change some minds
F#m
I want your respect
F#m
but not your praise
F#m
Don’t think of me
D C#
on your dying day
[Chorus 3]
F#m A
Save me
Bm A F#m A
I am a little lost
Bm A F#m A
C# real head case
Bm A F#m
Why don’t you box me up?
D C#
You can bury me in the backyard
F#m A
Save me
Bm A F#m A
I got no--body else
Bm A F#m A
C# real psycho
Bm A F#m
But I could use some help
D C#
You can bury me in the backyard
D
You can tell the world
C# Bm A Bm A Bm
that you did your part