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