Creeper - Misery
Capo 2nd fret
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Am
Pretty, but he don't tell you about it.
F
Winter scarves and skirts of velvet.
C G
We still drink just like we did in school.
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[Verse 2]
Am
I passed your old house down by the cemetery.
F
Club nights and university.
C G
When your friends sing 'Born To Run' baby, resist 'cause we were 'Born To Drift'.
[Chorus]
C F
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
Am
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
F
Just hold my hand for a little while.
G
Misery never goes out of style.
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[Verse 3]
Am
I see you sometimes in dreams I have,
F
In your bra in the room you used to rent.
C G
Do you ever wish you could wake someone else?
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[Verse 4]
Am
So I wrote down a list of coroners,
F
Their names, their office phone numbers.
C G
To pronounce dead the thing we had.
G
In tombs, ex-boyfriends bedrooms.
[Chorus] x2
C F
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
Am
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
F
Just hold my hand for a little while.
G
Misery never goes out of style.
[Bridge]
Dm Am
I'm your chipped nail paint.
C G
I'm the fabric of your coat.
Dm Am
You are all I fear.
C Em G
You are words I never wrote.
Dm Am
I'm your chipped nail paint.
C G
I'm the fabric of your coat.
Dm Em Am
You are all I fear.
C Em G
You are words I never wrote.
C
You are years ago.
[Chorus]
C F
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
Am
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
F
Just hold my hand for a little while.
G C
Misery never goes out of style.
C F
If you could see the wreck I am these days,
Am
You'd have new reasons to stay away.
F
Just hold my hand for a little while.
G C
Misery never goes out of style.
[Outro]
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