Intro
G
[Verse 1]
G C G
I'm glad that you still came by
Em C G
It wasn't really icy outside
C Em
I was just in one of my moods
C D G
Now we're laughing on bed sheets in my room
[Verse 2]
G C G
My mother she slept on the couch
Em C G
While deer hooves made holes in the ground
C Em
Maybe my brother's blood
C D G
Dripped on me from the top bunk
[Chorus]
D Em C D Em C
I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own
D Em C G
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own
[Verse 3]
G C G
The neighbors were young back then
Em C G
And their homes were new to them
C Em
Now they can't sleep at night
C D G Em D G
'Cause their husbands are dying inside, their husbands are dying inside
[Chorus]
D Em C D Em C
I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own
D Em C
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own
[Interlude]
Em C Bm C G D
[Bridge]
Em
These houses are headstones
C Bm
These basements they are graves
C G D
After getting out, I never thought I would want back in
G
I want back in
[Chorus]
D Em C D Em C
I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own
D Em C D Em C
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own
D Em C
everybody's tale's better than my own
D Em C G
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own