Chords
Arms Against Atrophy

Key: A

Introduction:

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Ab                      Fm  
Ab                      Fm  
Ab  
A band trip dance - what could be the harm,
Fm  
but a six week vacation from the use of my right arm?
Fm  
Alex hitting the switch and me hitting the floor.
C#                            Fm      Bbm      Fm  
We're taking this lying down.
Bbm                                              Fm                                                      C  
The one thing I can stand up for is resting supine on the ground.
C#                    Fm                                 Bbm                            Fm  
Mr. McDermott, won't you help me to my feet?
Bbm                                                                    Fm                         C                                                                 Ab  
Because the drumline's going wild in the San Francisco streets.
Ab  
The long walk home, an hour and a half,
Fm  
quickly turns to three or four with stops at every underpass,
Ab  
but by June 22nd, I have done the math.
Fm  
That's a hundred and five liters I'll consume of Dr. Path.
C#                                    Fm                      Bbm                    Fm  
Some girls will tell their secrets to anyone.
Bbm                                              Fm                                                            C  
The word "love" gets thrown around a lot near graduation,
C#                                    Fm              Bbm                                              Fm  
so please don't whisper sweet nothings in my ear
Bbm                                                                 Fm                            C                                                              C#              Ab  
when the sound of shredding vocal chords is what I want to hear,
Eb                                                                                                      E  
because we're going to San Francisco and I forget to wear some flowers in my hair.
  Part II
C                                              G                              F                              C  
She's got a secret surname that nobody knows
C                                                         G                                                    F                                              C  
with the most gorgeous hyphen (you wouldn't believe the way it glows)
Am                                      C                                      F                                 G  
and I'm the only one who gets to see it way up close,
F                                                                                                      G  
so the rest of you can stick it up your nose.
C                                                      G                                                    F                            C  
Last night, I had the strangest dream that I have ever known -
C                                      G                              F                                              C  
my mother, in a fit of rage, chases me from our home.
Am                                 C                                    F                                    G  
My mother, the murderer holds me down in the road.
F                                                                                      Ab  
She's got the nail clippers at my throat.
Ab                                 Fm                    C#  
Solo I: x2
Ab                                                                                                                 Fm  
Even though things lately may have been real horrorshow,
                                                                     C#                                                    Eb  
I'm wishing I was back in utero. I'd like to go back to the way that things were before,
Ab                                                                                                    Fm  
but apparently, I'm looking at physical therapy.
                                                                        C#                                                                                                         Eb  
It won't be exactly how it used to be. It ain't hard to see that it's not that way, not that way anymore.
Ab                                                                                      Fm  
Jesus Christ is suffering upon his cross tonight.
                                                                                  C#                                                                    Eb                                                                                                 Ab                 Fm  
I just sit outside waiting for frost to bite. "It's always this way," she says on her way out the door.
C#                              Eb  
Wait and see. The rest is yet to reveal itself to me.
  Solo II: x2