Tom: E
E A E
Up on Scorpion Hill watching life
A B
Passing me by in the pale moonlight
E A C#m
And I sat there forever, three sheets to the wind
B
It's not helping my case, the state that I'm in
A E
But it's not how they told you
A E
My intentions were good
A E
I was just bursting apart like the end of the ark
C#m F#m A
Holding on to whatever I could
[Verse 1]
E A E A C#m B A
E B A
A square of light moves its way through the empty room
E F#m
Across the stained yellow carpet
E B A
Like a ghost of myself in the afternoon
C
Haunting my basement apartment
B C
I looked in to the mirror
C#m A
Hanging behind my door
B C
The glass was cracked and the man staring back
C#m A
He don't look like me anymore
B
And if the world is gonna burn
C
Everyone should get a turn to light it up
[Chorus]
E B C#m A (x2)
E B
C#m A E B C#m A E B
Down and out, I've been on the rocks
C#m A E A F#m
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts
B Cm
Yeah, I like them a lot
[Verse 2]
E A E A C#m B A
E B A
Time and time again, well I've tried and failed to get my act together
E G#m A
And I'll admit lately things really went off the rails
C
I know that you deserve better
B C
But in the morning, as I was boarding
C#m A
The commuter train to work
B C
The boss was calling, he said, "There's been cutbacks and
C#m A
I'm sorry you're the first"
B
And If I can't support the two of us
Cm
How can I support a third?
[Chorus]
E B
C#m A E B C#m A E B
Down and out, I've been on the rocks
C#m A E A F#m
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts
[Bridge]
B
And I'm on the brink
E
Falling deep into debt
A
Falling deep into drink
F#m
I can drown those regrets
B
I don't have to think
A E
Now I'm working the night shift
A E
Asleep at the wheel
A E
I was bursting apart like a flame from a spark
C#m F#m
Thinkin' "Jesus, this can't be for real"
[Verse 3]
A E
My sweat-soaked mattress
A E
Corner of the room
A E
Cigarettes and matches
C#m F#m
In the fading afternoon
A
And a picture of my kid, yeah, he's smiling
E
It's the first day of school
[Outro]
E B C#m A (x4)
F#m B E
She said, "I found the gun, it was buried beneath
A F#m
Piles of clothes in the room where your son sleeps
B E
And I can't pretend, to know how this will end"
