Tom: Cm
F Bb F F Bb F F Eb G Am7
[Verse 1]
Am7 D
It always shows up at your door
Am F D Am7
When you least expect it to
Am7
Old wounds from your youth
D7 Am F D Gm
Reintroduce themselves to you
Gm F C
Well, do your best impression of yourself
Gm F C
A watered down version of the way it felt
Gm G Em F F
To be unrecognized, misunderstood, and spelled out
[pause] F
In plain letters
F F
In plain letters
[pause]
[Verse 2]
Am7 D Am7 F A D
The camera’s always on the wrong side of the glass
Am7 D7 Am D
Is there ever a flattering angle of the facts?
Gm F C
Well, do your best impression of yourself
Gm F
A box within a box in a storage cell
Gm F C
Those who tell you what you are, poke an insect in a jar
G Bb
And put it on your name tag
[pause] F
In plain letters
F F Bb
In plain letters
[Refrain]
Cm F Ab
How does it look when it dries in pen
Cm F Ab
On your eyes, on your heart, on your emptiness?
Cm F Ab
Well, you can’t be surprised by what you’ve come to expect
Cm F Ab
I hope you find a weakness that you’re stronger than
Cm F Ab
I hope you find a weakness that you’re stronger than
[Verse 3]
Am7 D7 F C F D
You’ve got a case of winter that no one’s ever seen
Am D F D
Is that a new bandage on your knees?
Gm F C
Did anybody ask you what was wrong
Gm F
Or did they stare at you strange
F F
When you asked where you belonged?
Gm F C F
You know you can't defeat it, so you run out to greet it
G Bb
But it looks like a stop sign
F Bb
In plain letters
F
In plain letters
[Refrain]
Cm F Ab
How does it look when it dries it in pen
Cm F Ab
On your eyes, on your heart, on your emptiness?
Cm F Ab
Well, you can’t be surprised by what you’ve come expect
Cm F Ab
I hope you find a weakness that you’re stronger than
Fm Ab
I hope you find a weakness that you’re stronger than
Cm F Ab Bb Gm
I hope you find a weakness that yoouurree ... stronger than
Bb Dm Gm
Stroooonger than
[Instrumental]
Bb Dm Gm7 Bb Dm G7
[Verse 4]
Bb Dm Gm
It’s an illiterate feeling and a slow healing
Bb Dm Gm
Your world spins like a planet on your ceiling
Bb Dm Gm F
And I wish it was enough to convince you of yourself
Gm Bb F Bb F
But it can’t be said in plain letters
F Ab
In plain letters
F Ab
Plain letters
