Straylight Run - It Never Gets Easier Chords Tuning: ½ a step down For the Prepare to Be Wrong Version - for the B-side Version of Song (called Costello) play the same chords but in standard tuning Intro: Em - D - Am – C D x2

^EmTaking up my time again (taking up my time again), ^DMore than I can stand (more than I can stand),

Am C D Coffee and the conversation never ends when...

^EmAll I really need to find (all I really need to find), ^DIs one short clever line (one short clever line),

Am C D To pinpoint my disgust it's always just too much or... Am C Am C D Not...enough... And I'm overwhelmed. G D Am C D So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, and I’ll G D Am C D Say what I should and just hope you believe me, But It

^GNever gets ^Deasi^Amer, ^COh ^Dit ^GNever gets e^Dasie^Amr, ^COh^D no, ^Emno.

^EmSing it to myself again (sing it to myself again), Can't ^Dhear a word you said (can't hear a word you said),

Am C D The syllables the sounds just are in sentences and...

^EmAll I really want to do (all I really want to do), Is ^Dtear straight into you

Am C D Explode, unload a hail of insults until you finally Am C Am C D Get.. it...I'm sick...to death. G D Am C D So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, and I’ll G D Am C D Say what I should and just hope you believe me, But It

^GNever gets ^Deasi^Amer, ^COh ^Dit ^GNever gets e^Dasie^Amr, ^COh^D no, ^Emno.

Em C D A strong distaste for confrontation, Em C D Leaves no room for self expression, Em C D Such a stranger in me so docile,

^EmThough don't you know it all takes its toll... G D Am C D So I'll keep it simple for obvious reasons, and I’ll

G D Am C D Say what I should and just hope you believe me, But It

^GNever gets ^Deasi^Amer, ^COh ^Dit ^GNever gets e^Dasie^Amr, ^CHell ^Dit,

G D Am C D Never gets easier (all I really want to do), Yeah it G D Am C D Never gets easier (is tear straight into you), Well It G D Am C D x2 – final time strum the C and D twice each and abruptly end

Straylight Run - It never gets easier