Intro
D#m F# G#m B D#m F# G#m B
[Verse 1]
D#m
But I laugh when you lie
F#
Ain’t much of a disguise
G#m B
I know cause you learned that from me
D#m F#
The pull of the strings is an unfortunate thing
G#m B
And one can’t help but go where they lead
D#m
And though you said it would plague you
F#
No more, No more
G#m B
Who are you kidding, I’ve been through your drawers
D#m F#
The vintage you wore to the feast
G#m
Smelled the scent from your pores
G#m
Sleep, score, and repeat
N.C.
Sleep, score, and repeat
N.C.
(Oh, oh waiting by the floor at your feet)
[Chorus]
F#
And for some time
G#m B
The only thing that’s really mattered
F#
Was getting by
G#m B
Well enough to climb that ladder
F#
You’ll meet no dreams there
G#m B
No earthly forms
F#
Where the men have killed the men
G#m
And the women have made no more
B D#m F# G#m B (x4)
The women have made no more
[Verse 2]
D#m F#
I’ve seen the scars on your wrist
G#m B
I know that you thought we’d do better than this
D#m F#
Though you’re not really sure how we can
G#m B
When you stood the whole day with your head in your hands
D#m F#
Well we lie and we backstab from Fresno to Flagstaff
G#m B
Slipped and we slept on floors that we swept with
D#m
Oh and the bad rap
F#
And clung to the abstract
G#m
When everything else seemed a threat
B
When everything else seemed a threat
(This is as good as it gets)
[Chorus]
F#
And for some time
G#m B
The only thing that’s really mattered
F#
Is getting by
G#m B
Well enough to climb that ladder
F#
You’ll meet no dreams there
G#m B
No earthly forms
F#
Where the men have killed the men
G#m
And the women have made no more
B
The women have made no more
[Instrumental]
D#m F# G#m B (repeat x8)
[Chorus]
F#
And for some time
G#m B
The only thing that’s really mattered
F#
Was getting by
G#m B
Well enough to climb that ladder
F#
You’ll meet no dreams there
G#m B
No earthly forms
F#
Where the men have killed the men
G#m
And the women have made no more
B
The women have made no more
[Chorus]
F#
And for some time
G#m B
The only thing that’s really mattered
F#
Was getting by
G#m B
Well enough to climb that ladder
F#
You’ll meet no dreams there
G#m B
No earthly forms
F#
Where the men have killed the men
G#m
And the women have made no more
B
The women have made no more
[Outro]
F#
And for some time
G#m B
The only thing that’s really mattered
F#
Was getting by
G#m B
Well enough to climb that ladder
F#
You’ll meet no dreams there
G#m
Reap no rewards
F#
And sometimes I see flowers
G#m
But most times just the thorns
B F#
But most times just the thorns