VERSE 1: CAPO 6: TEMPO - 95 C I've been using a loan shark Am To make a false love not fall apart F C It's been said time and time again C There's no direction in this game Am I was sleeping with the ghost F C She knew what I could and couldn't most CHORUS: C E I'm sorry I still exhale stale air F C I know I pardoned this love affair C E There's a heart out there without this despair F C And I expect everyone to find it G F C But I've lost, I've lost, yet again TWO BAR SOLO OVER CHORDS: C - E - Am - F VERSE 2: C What's the deal with these faithful grinds? Am There's a failing and there's a waiting F C All I'm saying is it looks like a waste of time C I know these things can be inevitable Am But love is placed on value F C And I guess all I've got left is to chuck up the sponge CHORUS 2: C E It's supposed to be "one nation under god" F C But if your love boils up, then what do you got? C E Your heart should never, ever be bait F C For a love that can eventually evaporate G F C So I've lost, I've lost, yet againVERSE 1: CAPO 6: TEMPO - 95 C I've been using a loan shark Am To make a false love not fall apart F C It's been said time and time again C There's no direction in this game Am I was sleeping with the ghost F C She knew what I could and couldn't most CHORUS: C E I'm sorry I still exhale stale air F C I know I pardoned this love affair C E There's a heart out there without this despair F C And I expect everyone to find it G F C But I've lost, I've lost, yet again TWO BAR SOLO OVER CHORDS: C - E - Am - F VERSE 2: C What's the deal with these faithful grinds? Am There's a failing and there's a waiting F C All I'm saying is it looks like a waste of time C I know these things can be inevitable Am But love is placed on value F C And I guess all I've got left is to chuck up the sponge CHORUS 2: C E It's supposed to be "one nation under god" F C But if your love boils up, then what do you got? C E Your heart should never, ever be bait F C For a love that can eventually evaporate G F C So I've lost, I've lost, yet again

CAPO 6: C C F C Hey, it's not lectures you care about C F C I think we're similar sometimes F C D7 I've spent my whole life trying not to grow to what you have become C F C It's gotten harder to celebrate C F C And even harder to think, "Hey man" Em Am D7 Red Dog's down by the river would have been so god damn fun F C You weren't born a bastard father F C But you birthed an innocent son F C You were given proper water G F To cleanse him from a world you will create VERSE 2: C F C Why's it so god damn hard to think about C F C You and all your demands C F C D7 Coming back with a master plan, no guts to stick around C F C F C If superstition really existed, I'd be one of many haunts Em Am D7 I don't want to but I will if I have to C F C I've crawled and stumbled over this name F C Em-Am D7 I know I watched him fake it, told to love, not the same C F C F C It's getting harder and harder to recognize all the things that I once loved Em Am Now you are clinging to the alter D7 To find I'm not who I always was F C You weren't born a bastard father F C But you birthed an innocent son F C You were given proper water G F To cleanse him from a world you will create (To cleanse him from a man he could become) VERSE 3: C F C Such greenery landscape covers your mind C F C Fall until another woman hits your life F C D7 She ain't worth nothing cause she just doesn't care C F C Em Am D7 The drugs they weren't enough, you're probably dumb enough to say a prayer C F C C F C You stole from the government, but nobody really cares Em Am D7 And somehow I get stuck with information to make me more aware C F C F C It's getting harder and harder to recognize all the things that I once loved Em Am Now you are clinging to the alter D7 To find I'm not who I always was F C You weren't born a bastard father F C But you birthed an innocent son F C You were given proper water G F C To cleanse him from a world you will create

OPEN G TUNING: Capo: 0 - TEMPO: 135 G Em If I could love life a little more A C I'd learn from the things I read from G Em A C It's just a gifted act of charity, in the meantime G Em A C Let's raise our glasses to the moon, mhmm G Em A C What does the world expect outta me? CHORUS: Am slide up 3 frets G And as the rain keeps pouring on down Whatever happens to me You down to outdrink that moon? Until we can't see a thing VERSE G Em If the light is such a problem A C Then why do I greet the morning sun G Em Would it be fair to you A C To watch me drown G Em I know a place where we can A C Say good afternoon to the rising sun CHORUS: Am up 3 frets G And as the rain keeps pouring on down Whatever happens to me You down to outdrink that moon? Until we can't see a thing OUTRO: Am G Outdrinking that moon (what does the world expect outta me?) Outdrinking that moon Outdrinking that moon C Outdrinking that moon … E G We Are The Blues We Write And so I've started grinding teeth, forbidden to drink Plenty of sounds so I won't turn out weak It's merely been a week and I am starting to think that Hey, it's dark, and it's cold out you see? E G These are the times people turn to things they can't see So I beg myself, "say something interesting" What's happiness without a fight? We are, the blues that we write

Piano song; Key F# : TEMPO 115: VERSE 1: F # B So you took apart a picture, but it wasn't wrong C# B F# It's not that he wasn't smart enough to be strong F# B Now you took a part a picture, it must be so much harder with all your might C# B F# I know those August nights are a tough time CHORUS: F# F inversion So I wrote you a song, just to keep you along Eb G# So you'll see that our brother was on a countdown F# F inversion There is no one to blame, we sprinkled grass on his name Eb G# You'll always wear this mothership crown C# B F# I know April is a cold month CHORDS: F#-Finversion-Eb-G# (2 times then end on C#-B-F#) VERSE 2: F# You know, pictures hold a feeling B C# B F# They make you see faith as it isn't real, I think tears hold something, like they're meant to heal F# B I looked at you right in the eye, I swore to you that everything would be just fine C# B F# But even I know there's no use in a shitty lie CHORDS: F#-Finversion-Eb-G# (2 times then end on C#-B-F#)

Piano song; Key F# : TEMPO 115: VERSE 1: F # B So you took apart a picture, but it wasn't wrong C# B F# It's not that he wasn't smart enough to be strong F# B Now you took a part a picture, it must be so much harder with all your might C# B F# I know those August nights are a tough time CHORUS: F# F inversion So I wrote you a song, just to keep you along Eb G# So you'll see that our brother was on a countdown F# F inversion There is no one to blame, we sprinkled grass on his name Eb G# You'll always wear this mothership crown C# B F# I know April is a cold month CHORDS: F#-Finversion-Eb-G# (2 times then end on C#-B-F#) VERSE 2: F# You know, pictures hold a feeling B C# B F# They make you see faith as it isn't real, I think tears hold something, like they're meant to heal F# B I looked at you right in the eye, I swore to you that everything would be just fine C# B F# But even I know there's no use in a shitty lie CHORDS: F#-Finversion-Eb-G# (2 times then end on C#-B-F#)

Capo - 2 D-lick I can't act like poverty, means nothing to me Lying is easy when your back is turned to reality D A G Em Things to come, frighten me, like being well lit D A G Em Wish to be a wanted man in 13 states, and not be counterfeit Bm-A G Like a 40 dollar bill, and half---a nickel D-lick Whisper me your secrets, I promise I won't tell Maybe I'll find a woman, to cast me from this spell D A G Em Things to come, frighten me, like being well lit D A G Em Wish to be a wanted man in 13 states, and not be counterfeit Bm- A G-Bm But the true death of me would be no singing

Drop D tuning - Tempo 183 VERSE 1: D Bm Life's just beginning and I"m already on trial G A D Flashing lights, save it for the another night D Bm G A D The many times that I've said please, they all can't be seen, and somehow I am the liar CHORUS: Bm A G D Better off not understanding anything Bm A G D I think life is better she denied your ring F# G D I don't know what you're doing that I can't see Bm G A D But I hope it turns out ugly VERSE 2: D Bm Gentleman this is, a top shelf product G A D You might be better off without it D Bm Drink up now to hide the sorrow a woman can create G A D But I like lying for a clean slate CHORUS 3: Bm A G D Don't you pity me now and again, you sorry son Bm A G D I'll release the secrets trapped inside my loaded gun F# G D Pull the trigger and you will find Bm G A D This trial has been a waste of my time VERSE 3: D Back to the trial Sometimes I like understanding nothing, a little blissful state of mind I've tried so god damn hard, to put these songs close to my heart I guess I just care too much CHORUS: Bm A G D Don't you pity me now and again, you sorry son Bm A G D I'll release the secrets trapped inside my loaded gun F# G D Please tell more lies Bm G A D So you can't follow me back to the upside CODA back to "Gentlemen this is, a top shelf product, you might be better off without it" Bm A G D Don't you pity me now and again you sorry son, I'll release the secrets trapped inside my loaded gun

CAPO: 6 - Tempo: 128 (Although piano song) G Em I got a bunch of nickels this week Am Eb (C) But I'll find a reason to remain obscene G Em D You once fell asleep and called it love C C/B A D7 C - G I am still standing here as I always was CHORUS: C D7 If anyone should ask, I've taken it back C/G G In the past but I made it work B C/G That's the feeling of remorse C -C/B- A D7 C/G - G I once drank so fast, that I made it worse VERSE 2: G Em I got a bunch of time to space Am Eb (C) Find me and I''ll make it happen G Em D Uncertainty will fuck your mind C C/B A D7 C/G - G Half of, the reasons I'm still here, cause I made it rhyme CHORUS: C D7 If anyone should ask, I've taken it back C/G G In the past but I made it work B C/G This is the pen that wrote the final disaster C C/B A D7 C/G - G If you knew, you would drink so fast, underneath the moonshine Half of, the reasons I'm still here, cause I made it rhyme

CAPO 7: TEMPO -155 C Am It won't sink me much down the river F C The feeling that it was most C Am You picked too many things to justify F C No dreams to feel satisfied Dm C-G-F (light humming) I'm not too far gone C-G-F As I'm speeding down the coast G F Fm C C7 Aesthetically pleasing you were, you felt like a ghost CHORUS: Am C Why can't you let me win? F C/B Am Competition sheds nothing but selfish skin C G F Fm C……….. I'm so glad you didn't know me well, cause this farewell, would have been so god damn hard BRIDGE/OUTRO; Am C E I don't mind much being alone, if it means that I Am -G F Can simply call this home G F C But this van, keeps me alone, Am C If you're scared of dying, just raise your cup E Am G F You'll trash yourself when you see death closeup G F C So tell me why were you so fucked up?

HARP KEY: TUNED down whole step! A-C#m-F#-D-Dm A C#m F# D Dm It's not al the signs on the I-15 that I see A C#m F# D Dm It's not all the reckless abandonment of sanity, that they preach A C#m F# -----------------------------INITIATE DOUBLE TIME CHORD STRUMMING) It's a second rate lust, in a second rate town D Dm For an up and coming kid to be pushed around C#m F# D C#m I hope death for you is like turning the switch off F# D Dm Or maybe just a dream I once had CHORUS: A C#m F# To control everything, and be in command D Dm It's like that time I felt at home, but then I didn't exist A C#m F# Some call me alone, but I just love it D Dm Abandon all my table talk, and now I'm in a van A C#m F# D A <-----------------------------INITIATE DOUBLE TIME CHORD STRUMMING) You can't take that from me! If I were you C#m F# D Dm... I'd abandon everything I've ever felt insecure about And be real again HARP KEY: A A-C#m-F#-D-Dm

CAPO: 2 VERSE 1: D-lick We were always drinking No matter how hard I tried G D-lick (keep F# going) Was that lack of color nothing but a dream, with nowhere left to fly D-lick The roof was always leaking But nobody heard my cries G D-lick (keep F# going) And this heart of mine, was always left explaining why CHORUS: G B F# B G They all wanna hear that I made a mistake and now I'm a living fear A F# G A But they don't argue when you're in tears F# B G I've sat through a trial by my peers A F# G They don't' even offer you a beer A D And somehow that's my fault VERSE 2: D And now I've got to explain myself to you G About why I don't like small talk D C'mon, you talked about poison CHORUS: G B So I thought you knew F# B G Nothing about reality is real A F# G A I think society needs an appeal F# B G If you can't argue shut your mouth A F# G If you can't fall asleep at night A D... It always ends up my fault BRIDGE: B G F# How do you know-ow? G A It's not the appeal that I was after B G-F# A D-lick Yeah I chose to chase, another disaster D-lick... OUTRO: G D It's like I've never felt this way before A G Some call it love A G D But it was serenity that I found

Tempo: 112 D Bm I won't be the same when I'm 29 D A I'll see my name, flashing on the sign G D You couldn't just wait for the stars to align A G D But I still wish, for you to come back home D Bm A What if I didn't worry about a thing, and what if your lord, he never sings? What if this world of ours resets? and what if we start all over again? It's heaven on earth my friend, even if I have to apologize I'd rather drink blood than turn water into wine ------ Harp over: D - Bm - A (FOUR TIMES REPEAT) ------ D Bm This blood I speak of, is being drawn D A From that picture of you hanging on the wall G D That young man you were, is nothing you are now A D But I still wish for you to come back home CHORUS: D Bm A What if I didn't worry about a thing, and what if your lord, he never sings? What if this world of ours resets? and what if we start all over again? It's heaven on earth my friend, even if I have to apologize I'd rather drink blood than turn water into wine BRIDGE: G D I wished you could see G D A That my love, is as strong on earth, as it should be G D So I'll use this loyalty in the common man A G D So I can wish, for you to come back home ----- Harp over: D - Bm - A