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