Key: C
Introduction:
G
take your cautionary tales
Em
and take your incremental gain
C
and all the sycophantic games
D
and throw 'em all away
G
burn your tv in your yard
Em
and gather 'round it with your friends
C
and warm your hands upon the fire
D G
and start again
C
take the story you've been sold
G Em
the lies that justify the pain
C
the guilt that weighs upon your soul
D
and throw 'em all away
Fill (repeat through verse)
G
tear up the calendar you bought
Em
and throw the pieces to the sky
C
confetti falling down like rain
D G
like a parade to usher in your life
C
take the dreams that should've died
G Em
the ones that kept you lying awake
C D
when you should've been all right
G
and throw 'em all away
F C G F C G
with the time i waste on the life i never had
F C G D
i could've turned myself into a better man
C
there is nothing you can buy
G Em
and there is nothing you can save
Am C
to fill the hole inside your heart
D Em G
so throw it all away
C D
to fill the hole inside your heart
G
help me to empty this house
Em
the wool i've gathered all these days
Am C
and thought i couldn't do without
D G
and throw it all away