Intro
A#m C# F# A#m C# F#
[Verse 1]
A#m
Pretty, but he don't tell you about it.
F#
Winter scarves and skirts of velvet.
C# G#
We still drink just like we did in school.
[Verse 2]
A#m
I passed your old house down by the cemetery.
F#
Club nights and university.
C# G#
When your friends sing 'Born To Run' baby resist, 'cause we were 'Born To Drift'.
[Chorus]
C# F#
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
A#m
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
Just hold my hand for a little while.
F# G#
Misery never goes out of style.
[Re-Intro]
A#m C# F# A#m C# F#
[Verse 3]
A#m
I see you sometimes in dreams I have,
F#
In your bra in the room you used to rent.
C# G#
Do you ever wish you could wake someone else?
[Verse 4]
A#m
So I wrote down a list of coroners,
F#
Their names, their office phone numbers.
C# G#
To pronounce dead the thing we had.
G#
In tombs, ex-boyfriends bedrooms.
[Chorus]
C# F#
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
A#m
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
Just hold my hand for a little while.
F# G#
Misery never goes out of style.
C# F#
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
A#m
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
Just hold my hand for a little while.
F# G#
Misery never goes out of style.
[Bridge]
Fm A#m
I'm your chipped nail paint.
C# G#
I'm the fabric of your coat.
Fm F A#m
You are all I fear.
C# Fm G#
You are words I never wrote.
Fm A#m
I'm your chipped nail paint.
C# G#
I'm the fabric of your coat.
Fm A#m
You are all I fear.
C# Fm G#
You are words I never wrote.
C#
You are years ago.
[Chorus]
C# F#
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
A#m
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
Just hold my hand for a little while.
F# G#
Misery never goes out of style.
C#
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
A#m
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
Just hold my hand for a little while.
F# G#
Misery never goes out of style.
[Outro]
A#m C# F