Tuning: G C E A

NOTE: THIS VERSION USES A CHORD WHICH DOES NOT ACTUALLY EXIST: 'Bm9alt' is played 4204 on GCEA or; Bm9, but take your pinkie off the E string I know it's pretty dodgy to make your own chords but I thought it was the easiest and best-sounding way to play. OTHER NOTE: You may find the switch from Asus4 to Bm9 tricky because of how far apart they are and how rapidly you must change your fingering, so here is a quick guide: From Asus4 - with your index finger on the C string and your middle finger on the G string, keep your index finger where it is and slide your middle finger down to fret 4. Then, add your pinkie and ring finger to the E and A strings respectivley. Hopefully you should get the hang of it eventually. OTHER OTHER NOTE: I realize UG does no recognize Bm9 as a chord. For those of you who don't know; Bm9 is played as 4254 on GCEA [Chords]: A 21xx Asus4 22xx Bm9 4254 Bm9alt 42x4 [Intro] A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4 A Asus4

In the ^Amiddle of the night I was sleeping sit^Asus4ting up When a ^Adoctor came to tell me, "Enough is e^Asus4nough." Bm9 Bm9alt He brought me out into the hall, I could have sworn it was haunted Bm9 Bm9alt And told me something that I didn't know that I wanted: To he^Aar that there was nothing that I could do t^Asus4o save you The ^Achoir's gonna sing, and this thing is gon^Asus4na kill you

[Verse 1] Bm9 Bm9alt Something in my throat made my next words shake Bm9 Bm9alt And something in the wires made the light-bulbs break

There was ^Aglass inside my feet and raining down from the ^Asus4ceiling It ^Aopened up the scars that had just finished h^Asus4ealing Bm9 Bm9alt It tore apart the canyon running down your femur Bm9 Bm9alt I thought that it was beautiful, it made me a believer And ^Aas it opened I could hear you howling from your ^Asus4room But I h^Aid out in the hall until the hurricane bl^Asus4ew Bm9 Bm9alt When I reappeared and tried to give you something for the pain Bm9 Bm9alt You came to hating me again and just sang your refrain:

[Chorus]

You h^Aad a new dream, it was more like a ni^Asus4ghtmare You were j^Aust a little kid, and they cut your ^Asus4hair Bm9 Bm9alt Then they stuck you in machines, you came so close to dying Bm9 Bm9alt They should have listened, they thought that you were lying ^ADaddy was an asshole, he fucked ^Asus4you up; Built the ^Agears in your head, now he greases ^Asus4them up Bm9 Bm9alt And no one paid attention when you just stopped eating Bm9 Bm9alt Eighty-seven pounds, and this all bears repeating

A Asus4 x8 [Verse 2]

^ATell me when you think that we became so ^Asus4unhappy ^AWearing silver rings with nobody ^Asus4clapping Bm9 Bm9alt When we moved here together we were so disappointed Bm9 Bm9alt Sleeping out of tune with our dreams disjointed It ki^Alled me to see you getting always r^Asus4ejected But I ^Adidn't mind the things you threw, the phones I d^Asus4eflected Bm9 Bm9alt I didn't mind you blaming me for your mistakes Bm9 Bm9alt I just held you in the door-frame through all of the earthquakes But you ^Apacked up your clothes in that bag eve^Asus4ry night And I would^A try to grab your ankles, what a pitiful ^Asus4sight Bm9 Bm9alt But after over a year, I stopped trying to stop you Bm9 Bm9alt From stomping out that door, coming back like you always do

[Bridge]

Wel^Al no one's gonna fix it for us, no one^Asus4 can You say that,^A 'No one's gonna listen, and no one under^Asus4stands.' Bm9 Bm9alt No there's no open doors and there's no way to get through Bm9 Bm9alt There's no other witnesses, just us two

[Verse 3]

There's ^Atwo people living in one small^Asus4 room From your^A two half-families tearing at^Asus4 you Bm9 Bm9alt Two ways to tell the story, no one worries Bm9 Bm9alt Two silver rings on our fingers in a hurry ^ATwo people talking inside your^Asus4 brain ^ATwo people believing that I'm the on^Asus4e to blame Bm9 Bm9alt Two different voices coming out of your mouth Bm9 Bm9alt While I'm too cold to care and too sick to shout

[Chorus]

You ^Ahad a new dream, it was more lik^Asus4e a nightmare You were ^Ajust a little kid, and they cut you^Asus4r hair Bm9 Bm9alt Then they stuck you in machines, you came so close to dying Bm9 Bm9alt They should have listened, they thought that you were lying ^ADaddy was an asshole, he fucked you^Asus4 up; Built the^A gears in your head, now he greases^Asus4 them up Bm9 Bm9alt And no one paid attention when you just stopped eating Bm9 Bm9alt Eighty-seven pounds, and this all bears repeating

A Asus4 x2

The Antlers - Two