Chords
Massachusetts

Key: G

Introduction: Am    G    C    G    

                                     Am  
She's cutting out the bruises,
        F                                 G                                      Am  
Forgetting her excuses for being here again
                  F                                                 C                 G              Am  
with a suitcase packed and waiting by the door.
                                          F                                              G                                      Am  
In her head, convinced herself she hasn't lost enough to quit.
                F                                                 C  
But tonight she lays here thinking,
  G                 F  C         G  
"What if I just left
                  Am            G              F  
In the middle of the night
C                            G  
Back to California
          Am  G  
And never look back?"
Am                              F  
     She'll fantasize about it
C                              G                                            F  
every single day but she can't find it
                  G                                 Am  
in her heart to run away,
          C  
and no one's listening.
Am                                    F  
     With Northern Massachusetts,
C                                         G  
on his knees to stay, he's begging,
  F                                      G                                      Am  
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
                                             F  G  
It won't happen again."
                                  Am  
He's putting out the fires
                        F                              C  
and he's making her believe
             G              Am  
he's really changed this time 
                        F                              G                                    Am  
But it's obvious it's just another lie, lapse and relapse.
             F                                      C                    G  
And again she lays beside him thinking,
  F         C    G                            Am            G              F  
"I'll pretend in the middle of the night,
        C                                                      G  
my eyes are closed, I'm sleeping,
Am                                      G  
But I won't come back."
Am                              F  
     She'll fantasize about it
C                              G                                            F  
every single day but she can't find it
                  G                                 Am  
in her heart to run away,
          C  
And no one's listening.
Am                                    F  
     With Northern Massachusetts,
C                                         G  
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
  F                                      G                                      Am  
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
                                                     Am  G  F  G  
It won't happen again... It won't happen again"
Am  
     How long can this last?
G#m  
     The final straw was the hospital.
F  
     At least she told herself that.
                          G  
But she just can't find the strength to end it.
  F  C         G                            Am            G              F  
"I just left in the middle of the night,
C                            G  
Back to California,
          Am  G  
And never look back..."
Am                              F  
     She'll fantasize about it
C                              G                                            F  
every single day but she can't find it
                  G                                 Am  
in her heart to run away,
          C  
And no one's listening.
Am                                    F  
     With Northern Massachusetts,
C                                         G  
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
  F                                      G                                      Am  
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
        C  
It won't happen again"
Am                              F  
     She'll fantasize about it
C                              G                                            F  
every single day but she can't find it
                  G                                 Am  
in her heart to run away, (to run away...)
          C  
And no one's listening.
Am                                    F  
     With Northern Massachusetts,
C                                         G  
On his knees to stay, he's begging,
  F                                      G                                      Am  
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain.
                                             Am  
It won't happen again"