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