Youll Only End Up Joining Them
by Kevin Devine
capo on 5th fret
there's a riff that i tabed out between the F and Dm relative to the capo
(i noted it)
e|---1---------1-----------------------------|
B|---1---------3-----------------------------|
G|---2---------2-----------------------------|
D|---3--3-2-0--0-----------------------------|
A|---3---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
Tonight I'm posed and popping like a peacock
I'm pressing flesh, I'm smiling big, my spinning head sings "Stop, just stop"
Cause what used to calm me down
Just rips my life to ribbons now
So I keep smiling, I find my window and quick cut out
These days my hangman's hunger makes my gut kick
My sleeping mind, could map it blind
flask, key, bag, fifth
I try to will myself away
While shouting habits plead their case
So when the sun sears through my eyes
My beggar's brain can't compromise
I splash cold water, I draw the curtains, I stay inside
(riff)
And I can't say that it's a sickness, more like a stranger I ask in
And later realize, was a strangler
(riff)
Slipping nooses in my den
But I was lonely so I asked him, "*Could* you tie that one on me?"
It wasn't his fault, I was eager, and I was weak
So as I inch towards resolution
(riff)
Yea I'm not sure which life feels right
A narrow noose or the wading water
(riff)
The hanging head, sore open eyes
my brother michael he went one way
And at the fork I heard him say
"Don't you follow, don't go making my mistakes"
And I realized what he meant
Don't kill yourself to raise the dead
It never works you'll only end up joining them
end on C