Key: A
Introduction:
Ab
Biting keeps your words at bay
Eb7M
Tending to the sores that stay
Ab Eb7M
Happiness is just a gash away
Ab
When I open a familiar scar
Eb7M
Pain goes shooting like a star
Abm Eb7M
Comfort hasn't failed to follow so far
Cm7 Eb7M
And you might say it's self-indulgent
Cm7 Eb7M
You might say its self-destructive
Cm7 Eb7M
But, you see, it's more productive
Cm7 Ab7M
Than if I were to be healthy
Ab
And pens and penknives take the blame
Eb7M
Crane my neck and scratch my name
Ab
But the ugly marks
Eb7M
Are worth the momentary gain
Abm
When I jab a sharpened object in
Eb7M
Choirs of angels seem to sing
Abm Eb7M
Hymns of hate in memorandum
Cm7 Eb7M
And you might say it's self-indulgent
Cm7 Eb7M
And you might say it's self-destructive
Cm7 Eb7M
But, you see, it's more productive
Cm7 Ab7M
Than if I were to be happy
Fm Ab
And sappy songs about sex and cheating
Fm Ab
Bland accounts of two lovers meeting
Fm Ab7M
Make me want to give mankind a beating
Cm7 Eb7M
And you might say it's self-destructive
Cm7 Eb7M
But, you see, I'd kick the bucket
Cm7 Ab7M
Sixty times before I'd kick the habit
Ab
And as the skin rips off
Eb7M
I cherish the revolting thought
Abm
That even if I quit
Eb7M
There's not a chance in hell I'd stop
Abm
And anyone can see the signs
Eb7M
Mittens in the summertime
Abm Eb7M
Thank you for your pity, you are too kind
Cm7 Eb7M
And you might say its self-inflicted
Cm7 Eb7M
But you see, that's contradictive
Cm7
Why on earth would anyone
Ab7M
Practice self-destruction?
Fm Ab
And pain opinions are sitcom feeding
Fm Ab
They dont know that their minds are teething
Fm Ab7M
Makes me want to give mankind a beating
Ab
I've tried bandages and sinking
Eb7M
I've tried gloves and even thinking
Abm Eb7
I've tried vaseline
Abm Eb7M
I've tried everything
Fm Ab
And none cares if your back is bleeding
Fm Ab
They're concerned with their hair receding
Fm Ab
Looking back, it was all maltreating
Fm Ab
Every thought that occurred misleading
Fm Ab7M
Makes me want to give myself a beating