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