Standard E (EADGBe)
Capo on 2nd fret (but you can put it on 1st fret as well if you're voice is deeper than Vic's)
Strumming patterns may vary, but the verses are mostly played as DDD|UDUDU|DDU (D
= Down) (U = Up) (| = Small Pause)
Chords used:
G => 320033
Em7 => 020033
Cadd9 => x32033
Em => 022003
E7sus4 => 021200
E => 0221xx
C => 0355xx (x32010)
Am7 => xx2010
C' => 332010
A => 002220
VERSE
G
Waking up your neighbors downstairs,
Em7
I've been inside your bedroom a thousand years.
Cadd9
And as you tie me to the bed for good I say
G
that I want you in the most unromantic way.
Cadd9 Em
Louisiana, you're torturing me with a beautiful face.
Cadd9
Ana come on, I thought we had a damn good thing.
G E7sus4
A penny in the couch and a diamond ring.
CHORUS
E C
So baby stay away from my friends,
Am7 E7sus4
'cause I need them to carry me.
E C
When it's over I'll count back from ten,
C' (twice) E7sus4 C (once)
and you can list-en to glass hearts shattering.
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VERSE
G
I don't know how you got into me,
Em7
down my throat and made a home in my veins.
Cadd9
They used to be the rivers that would take us away,
G
but now you only call me every Christmas and my birthday.
Cadd9 A
I still can't believe how you look next to me,
Cadd9 A (once)
just like a strip club bedroom scene.
CHORUS
E C
Baby stay away from my friends,
Am7 E7sus4
'cause I need them to carry me.
E C
When it's over I'll count back from ten,
C' (twice) E7sus4 (break)
and you can list-en to something that you've never heard before.
INTERLUDE
Em C Em C (break)
VERSE
G
But you don't know what it's like
Cadd9
to wake up in the middle of the night,
scaring the thought of kissing razors.
G
This blood evacuation is telling me to cave in.
Cadd9
Stay away.
OUTRO
G Cadd9 G (once)
Just stay away from my friends.
