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