[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C F C
I'm glad that you still came by
Am F C
It wasn't really icy outside
F Am
I was just in one of my moods
F G C
Now we're laughing on bed sheets in my room
[Verse 2]
C F C
My mother she slept on the couch
Am F C
While deer hooves made holes in the ground
F Am
Maybe my brother's blood
F G C
Dripped on me from the top bunk
[Chorus]
G Am F G Am F
I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own
G Am F C
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own
[Verse 3]
C F C
The neighbors were young back then
Am F C
And their homes were new to them
F Am
Now they can't sleep at night
F G C Am G C
'Cause their husbands are dying inside, their husbands are dying inside
[Chorus]
G Am F G Am F
I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own
G Am F
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own
[Interlude]
Am F Em F C G
[Bridge]
Am
These houses are headstones
F Em
These basements they are graves
F C G
After getting out, I never thought I would want back in
C
I want back in
[Chorus]
G Am F G Am F
I keep telling myseeee--eeeelf, that everybody's tale's better than my own
G Am F G Am F
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own
G Am F
everybody's tale's better than my own
G Am F C
And my Heeee--eeeeell is my own
