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PICKING UP PIECES - Blue October
http://youtu.be/lH0m5B3PQUU
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Note: If you aren't worried about playing along with the key of the song,
transpose it one step up. It's much easier to play.
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CAPO 1
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==VERSE==
F C
I really need to talk with you
Dm
I keep stepping on the vein
Bb
That keeps my lifeline flowing through.
F C
I wanna be your perfect stick of glue
Dm
But I don't feel perfect at all,
A Sad and insecure flaw
F C
I find it hard to hold conversations
Dm Bb
I get sweaty, sick, and I wanna walk away
F C
No, it's not you, this is strictly me in this situation
Dm
I'm wondering will it ever go away? Just go away, still...
==PRE-CHORUS==
Gm
Sometimes I feel like weeping
F
Awake and when I'm sleeping
C Dm
Perfecting how to put a game face on
Gm
This puzzle I've been keeping
F
Has been in hiding creeping
C A
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;
==CHORUS==
F Am Dm F Am Dm
How long will I be picking up pieces?
F Am Dm Bb C
How long will I be picking up my heart?
==VERSE==
F C
Listen, I'll be as honest as I feel
Dm
I'm getting more paranoid, and I'm hearing things
Bb F
And they never turn out real.
C
It feels like my heart is made of pure steel,
Dm
It's just so heavy all the time.
==VERSE==
F C
I'm scared of death, I'm scared of living
Dm Bb
I gave up on the past 'cause it's unforgiving
F
I misplaced my trust,
C
I Watched my word begin to rust,
Dm
I'm that balloon about to bust
Bb
I need a place for reliving still -
==PRE-CHORUS==
Gm
Sometimes I feel like weeping
F
Awake and when I'm sleeping
C Dm
Perfecting how to put a game face on
Gm
And This puzzle I've been keeping
F
Has been in hiding creeping
C A
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;
==CHORUS==
F Am Dm F Am Dm
How long will I be picking up pieces?
F Am Dm C Dm
How long will I be picking up my heart?
==BRIDGE==
C Dm
Be Picking up my heart?
C Dm
Be Picking up my heart?
C Dm
Be Picking up my heart?
Bb Dm
Picking up my heart?
Bb F C (x4)
==CHORUS/OUTRO==
F Am Dm
How long (in another space in time) will I be
F Am Dm
Picking up pieces (in the corner of my mind?)
F Am Dm
How long (it's getting oh so hard to find) will I be
F Am Dm
Picking up pieces (in the corner of my mind?) C'mon...
F Am Dm
Whoah... But I still walk on...
