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