Cursive - Art is hard

Cut it ^Gmout Your self-inflicted pain^Eb Is getting too routin^Bbe The crowds are catching ^Dmon To the self-inflicted so^Gmng Well, here we go agai^Emn The art of acting wea^Bbk Fall in love to fai^Dml To boost your CD ^Gmsales ^GmAnd that CD sells (Yeah, what a hit) ^GmYou've got to repeat it ^GmYou gotta' sink to swim I^Gmf at first you don't succeed You gotta ^D/Arecreate your misery Cause we all ^Bbknow art is hard Young ^D/Cartists have gotta starve ^GmTry, and fail, and try again The ^D/Acomforts of repetition Keep ^Bbchurning out those hits 'Til it's ^D/Aall the same old shit

Oh, a second verse!^Gm Well, color me fatigued^Eb I'm hiding in the leaves^Bb In the CD jacket sleeves^Dm Tired of ente^Gmrtaining Some double-dipped mean^Ebing A soft serve analog^Bby This drunken angry sl^Dmur In thirty-one flavors^{Gm Gm}You gotta' sink, gotta sink ^GmGotta sink to swim ^GmImmerse yourself in rejection ^GmRegurgitate some sorry tale ^GmAbout a boy who sells his love affairs ^GmYou gotta' fake, fake, fake the pain ^GmYou better make, make, make it sting ^GmYou're gonna' break, break, break a leg ^GmWhen you get on stage ^GmAnd they scream your name

You gotta' ^Gmsink, gotta sink Gotta sink to swim ^D/AImpersonate greater persons Cause we ^Bball know art is hard When we ^D/Cdon't know who we are