Intro:
E B/Eb E B/Eb E B/Eb G#m F#
verse 1:
C#m B C#m
From the top down you're
B
in the center of an
C#m B
accumulating pressure
G#m
You did your best to
F#
just forget that you
C#m B
got snuffed out
C#m
drowned out by the
B C#m
static in an attempt
B
to catch the essence
G#m
of something you
F# G#m F# G#m F#
though you deserved
E B
All I want is no more
E B
commercials and with
A B
all they represent
A
what we need
F#m
is a better sense
verse 2:
C#m B C#m
And I think we
B
should quit the circus
C#m B G#m
and never speak of
F#
this again When I got
C#m B C#m
home I couldn't
B
construct a sentence
C#m
forgot to print out
B
directions telling
G#m
me me I don't
F#
know the struggle
verse 3:
C#m B
But that was fun
what's there to
C#m B
pick you up one
C#m
of your famous
B
misdirections
G#m
showing me how
to adjust the
F#
tension
Refrain:
G#m B G#m
what have I done?
C#m
I was only
trying to pick
G#m B G#m
you up
F#
I Was only
only trying to
E B
spend some time in
E B
empty spaces Take
A
back the things
B
that we never meant
A
and do whatever we
F#m
haven't yet But you
E B
were blue and gray
E B
hands were shaking
A
telling me why you
B
were so upset not
A
trying to patiently
F#m
wait for death
Bridge:
E F# G#m F#
You are a star
C#m B G#m F#
E F# G#m F#
C#m B G#m F#
E F# G#m F#
C#m B G#m F#
E F# G#m F#
C#m B G#m F#
E F# G#m F#
C#m B G#m F#
E B
You are a star
E B
ou are emblematic
A
Take back the things
B
that we never meant
A
and do whatever we
F#m
haven't yet But you
E B
were blue and gray
E B
hands were shaking
A
telling me why you
B
were so upset not
A
trying to patiently
F#m
wait for death
Outro:
E
You are a star