Intro
I Play All The Chords As Power Chords As This Sounds Most Similar To The Original To My Ears.
[Verse 1]
G5
Hey Mrs. Crooked Spine
Walking ominously
Swingin' right leg after left
A5
You're drinking bottle after bottle of uncertainty
It seems but
C
You've had metal rods put in your back
So show them what that means
G5
Yeah, your ex-lover owes you money
And I don't think he's coming through
A5
Cause he's a scumbag alcoholic
Lost his way at 22
C
He's a spineless ordinary
Without a single rod to hold his back up straight
[Bridge]
G5 Fb D# D C# C
Stop acting like you don't deserve happiness
[Verse 2]
G5
I saw you trapped inside a cave
As I was resting on a hill
A5
Hans was in there with you too
The wood arising for the kill
C
I tried to pull you out
But couldn't get you
Through that two foot gap
G5
I walkеd away in pace and panic
I wasn't sure of what to do
A5
The dеad moss resting by an isolated boulder was a clue
C
Sometimes there's no way out
Sometimes you drown with loved ones there to watch
[Bridge]
G5 Fb D# D C# C
Stop feeling like you were never important to me
[Chorus]
G C
Strong Spine Sammy Jane
You're lighting your whole world up
By your feet up and bruised like you used to be
G C
S-Shaped Vertebrae
You've got stories to tell the world
Don't be so scared to tell them what you've been through
[instrumental Break]
G5 A5 C
[Verse 3]
G5
I'm sure you're fed up with the distance
As much as me, and if not more
A5
But we don't show that much resistance
Never settled up a score
C
Maybe we're cold and some what callus
From all the bullshit we've endured
G5
Like growing up around addiction
The leeches screaming at the walls
A5
As we deliberate between letting it bring and picking up the calls
C
To a slurred out conversation
Filled with shame and brutal self-deprecation
[Bridge]
G5 Fb D# D C# C
Stop talking like you don't deserve anything
[Chorus]
G C
Strong Spine Sammy Jane
You're lighting your whole world up
By your feet up and bruised like you used to be
G C
S-Shaped Vertebrae
You've got stories to tell the world
Don't be so scared to tell them what you've been through
[Verse 4]
G C
I know I wasn't good to you
When we were growing up
And I blame myself for doing damage to your confidence
G C
I wish I could take it back
Despite how much we've overcome
I was such an angry child
But that's no excuse to lean on
G5 Fb D# D C# C
[Outro]
G5
You worried endlessly for days
About the scar upon your back
A5
I said that scar was something special
No matter how some kids react
C
You have spinal reinforcement
So you get out there and show them what that means
G5 A5 C X3