I've seen a couple of close ones on this. Just a quick set of chords that you can
use to play this on acoustic - sounds pretty good.
D: --0232
D/F#: 20023-
Bm: -24432
D2: --0230
E: 022100
A: -02220
G: 320003
Note that the D2 can be played at any point replacing a D chord, based on
preference. I generally start finger-picking, and then switch to a pick midway
through, before the Bridge.
Intro:
D D/F# D
I can't go on
D/F# G D
Deflate the air from both of my lungs
V1
D G D G Bm
Fears one by one followed me home, and became reality
G Bm G
I'm a failure, I'm a freak; I'm a chip on your shoulder,
D A
The last thing you need.
D G D G Bm
I shudder, earth-quakes, at the thought of a life that's meaningless
G Bm G D
And with such a promising past, but you can always count on me
A
To choke in the end.
Chorus:
D D/F# D G D
I can't go on, deflate the air from both of my lungs
Bm G D A
I'll be gone, long before daylight shows its face...
V2
Honestly I'm taking big strides, in a race towards normalcy
Where more is more and less is weak, where love is crap and
Emotion speaks for us all
What's really right? Who's who to say? I can survive alone again.
I figured that out the hardest way; the forecast calls for fire,
Flames sound nice today.
Chorus
I can't go on, deflate the air from both of my lungs,
I'll be gone, long before daylight shows its face.
It's old and worn, and its mouth smiles no more,
Well I'm worth my weight in potting soil,
Maybe I've tried too hard to care.
Bridge:
D G D
I left a note on your bed
A D
I don't recall what it said
G E
Something like how I'm completely miserable
G A
And I'm better off dead.
Outro:
D D/F# D D/F#
I can't go on (I can't go on)
G D Bm G D A
Deflate the air from both of my lungs
