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