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