Intro
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| x4 |
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| Sometimes it all gets so dull |
| Em |
| Feeling like an ache |
| Am |
| Sometimes drivin’ the long way home |
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| Is a | ll the excitement I can take |
| Am |
| Sometimes this box I’m trapped inside |
| Em |
| It’s like cardboard in the rain |
| Am |
| One good kick would tear it down |
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| It’s j | ust too damn hard to explain |
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| x2 |
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| Some kinds of pain well they don’t go away |
| Em | Am |
| Some well they mellow with t | ime |
| Em |
| Some kinds of agony block out the sun |
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| And they | leave you so numb you go b | lind |
| Am |
| Then there’s the hurt that starts deep in your guts |
| Em | Am | |
| And it | crawls like a germ through your v | eins |
| Am |
| Lets you just walk around year after year |
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| Till | one day you wake up and s | ing |
| D | Am | B7 | E |
| I’m gonna d | o me, | some screamin’ and s | houtin’ |
| D | Am | Em |
| I’m gonna | call it a s | ong, hey |
Solo
| Am | Am | Em | Am |
| x4 |
| Am |
| Some kinds of pain well they don’t go away |
| Em | Am |
| Some well they mellow with t | ime |
| Em |
| Some kinds of agony block out the sun |
| Am | Em | |
| And they | leave you so numb you go b | lind |
| Am |
| Then there’s the hurt that starts deep in your guts |
| Em | Am | |
| And it | crawls like a germ through your v | eins |
| Am |
| Lets you just walk around year after year |
| Em | Am | |
| Till | one day you wake up and s | ing |
| D | Am | B7 | E |
| I’m gonna d | o me, | some punchin’ and k | ickin’ |
| D | Am | Em | Am |
| I’m gonna c | all it a d | ance |
| D | Am | B7 | E |
| I’m gonna d | o me, | some screamin’ and s | houtin’ |
| D | Am | Em | Am |
| I’m gonna | call it... | a s | ong |
| Am | Am | Em | Am |
| x8 |