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