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IN A LOSE, LOSE SITUATION - Emery
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Band/Artist: Emery
Album/Year: The Question (2005)
Tuning: 1/2 step down
A7sus4 (picked throughout the intro)
don't be late
there's no time to be afraid
there's a way
to clean up the mess you've made
Am
if I could tell the truth
G D/F#
or lie would I attempt the two at the same time
Am G
expect you to apologize for trying
D/F# Am
to make me so up tight
Am Em7
don't say it's just a game we play
I can't lose the taste
G Am
if you regulate how the blood is pumping
G
through the veins from my heart into my head
in time this blood supply
D/F#
will change me from red to white
Am
every thought that you know I'm thinking
G
may as well be the knife stuck in my back
G D/F# Am Em
this taxing fever makes me gravitate to this place
Am
this is still my life
G Am
not yours to define
Em Am D/F# G
(anyone in their right mind would never let you inside
Em Am D/F#
anyone in their right mind)
Em Am
I've broken ties with the neighborhood
D/F# G Em
feeling like a bum in the city
Am D/F# G
waking only to take a drink
Em Am
from an empty glass of nothing good
D/F# G Em
then sinking like a stone in the sea
Am D/F# G
without the oxygen I need
G
deciding as I wait for air to entertain
CM7 Em Em7
careful not to (to breathe in [3x])
G
the right time and the right way to elevate
CM7 Em Em7
careful not to (to breathe in [3x])
G A7sus4
to breathe in the air that so proudly puts to death
G
my own Father's name
Gsus2 G Em7 G
I re--member when your hand started shaking
Gsus2 G
there's a better way
Gsus2 G Em7 G
to clean up the mess you've been making
