Barenaked Ladies - Running out of ink

^EI stopped into a ^Aclub I thought I'd see a ^Dshow Everyone was ^Gthere At least everyone I ^Eknow Their knickers in a ^Aknot Their hands upon their ^Dheart The best they'd ever ^Gseen The greatest work of ^Eart I wished that it was ^Ame....

It's bleaker than you ^Dthink I'm ^Frunning out of ^Aink Give a guy a ^Dbreak This is what it ^Atakes^E To drive a man to ^Adrink

^EA party at a ^Afriend's Toronto's coolest ^Dscene I thought I'd bring a ^Gtape To show them where I'd ^Ebeen They listened for a ^Awhile The lyrics made them ^Dsmile They said that it was ^Gfine Although it's not the ^Estyle I said it wasn't ^Ame

^EOnce upon a ^Atime I couldn't get ^Denough Until I made it ^Gbig And that's when it got ^Erough Dissapointed ^Anow Perhaps a bit ^Dsurprised To look them in the ^Gface And see it in their ^Eeyes They wish it wasn't ^Ame

^DIt's bleaker than you think I'm ^Frunning out of ^Aink Give a guy a ^Dbreak This is what it ^Atakes^E To drive a man to ^Adrink

^EI used to hold you ^Aclose You used to tell me ^Dthings You never told a ^Gsoul Until you heard me ^Esing The details of your ^Alife Condensed into a ^Dsong The neighbor and his ^Gwife Work out and sing ^Ealong And you can't look at ^Ame

It's bleaker than you ^Dthink I'm ^Frunning out of ^Aink Give a guy a ^Dbreak This is what it ^Atakes^E To drive a man to ^Adrink

^BmCould song be an ^F#malibi A ^Amlyric rep^Glacement for ^F#falling in ^Bmlove But now that the ^F#mwell is dry D G F# B* Bm I can't understand what I've been singing of... Abm* F#m Bm F#m Bm Do you know what it is to love? To ^Bmreally ^F#mlove? To ^Bmreally ^F#mlove.... ^BmReally ^F#mlove ^C# Do ^AI?

^EI cycled by your ^Ahouse I saw you on the ^Dlawn I see you all the ^Gtime Now that you are ^Egone I tried to call your ^Aname But something made me ^Dstop I call you once a ^Gday Until you call the ^Ecops And told them it was ^Ame

^EI filled a plastic ^Abag With everything I ^Dwrote I threw it off a ^Gbridge I thought that it would ^Efloat. The water made it ^Asink The bag was bleeding ^Dink. I wished that it could^G swim I wished that I could ^Edrink I wished that it was ^Ame.

It's bleaker than you ^Dthink I'm ^Frunning out of ^Aink Give a guy a ^Dbreak^Dm This is what it ^Atakes To drive a man to ^Ddrink I'm ^Frunning out of ^Aink Give a guy a ^Dbreak This is what it ^Atakes^E To drive a man to ^Adrink^E To drive a man to ^Adrink To drive a man to ^Adrink