Coping On Unemployment
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
B
Daily, she sends me photos of her
E
She's only twenty-something
Terrible with her iPhone
G#m
Left me another voicemail
Saying, "sorry I didn't text you
F# E
I haven't been sleeping well"
[Verse 2]
B
It's a slow burn
E
Cracking her fingers often
I ask her what we're doing
G#m
She tries to change the subject
Saying, "I'm scared of turning into
F# E
A parody of myself"
[Chorus]
B E
And it's hard to give yourself over to something
B E
It's hard to give yourself over to something
[Verse 3]
B
Sunday, she puts on sky ferreira
E
She finishes herself first
She slept in her mascara
G#m
And says, "I think your music got worse
Since you went fully sober
F# E
At least now you won't kill yourself"
*You need to get some help*
[Chorus]
B E
And it's hard to give yourself over to something
B E
It's hard to give yourself over to something
When it could all turn into nothing
[Post-Chorus]
G#m F#
And now I'm afraid to throw you in a different light
E C#m
I'm waiting on the moment when we get it right
G#m F#
You're sleeping all alone, I'm sitting up at night
E C#m
I'm so in my head, I'm so in my head
[Bridge]
B N.C.
It's hard to give yourself over
B E
[Chorus]
B E
And it's hard to give yourself over to something
B E
It's hard to give yourself over to something
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