Key: E
Introduction: E7
E7
Heart attack
E7
Jack-in-the-box
E7
I've been here so long
E7
I'm starting to rot
A2 F/A
And you're taking my fear
E7
Selling it in jars
(3x)
E7
Verse
E7
Back on the playground
E7
My knee socks are bloody
E7
I need someone
E7
To toss the confetti
A2 F/A
At the ticker-tape parade
E7
I'm throwing for myself
C
Look to the floor
G6 G6/F#
She used to be pretty
C
Don't say a word
G6 G6/F#
But she's drying out slowly
C
You have the answers
A7 E7
I have the car keys___
E7
Verse
E7
Lightning rod
E7
Strapped to my shoulders
E7
I'm searching through windows
E7
For rain and for thunder
A2 F/A
That could bring to a merciful end
E7
This overdrawn wait
Verse
E7
Carpet burns
E7
Up to my elbows
E7
It's time that you learn
E7
I guess I should tell you
A2 F/A
That the things you know about me
E7
Never were true
C
Look to the floor
G6 G6/F#
I used to be pretty
C
Don't say a word
G6 G6/F#
But I'm drying out quickly
C
You have the answers