Tom: C
C
I was paying attention
Am
But maybe not at the right time
F
You're repeating verbatim
The final ultimatum
Dm G
And all I'm thinking is how to make it rhyme
[Pre-Chorus]
C Am
I'm doing what I'm meant to do
Exploring inner space
F
Amazing I can see right through
Dm G
The disappointment on your face
[Chorus]
C Am
I decree: Take the boots to me
F Dm G
And I demand to be strangled by the work at hand
C Am
I'll be gone with my boots still on
F Dm G
'Cause I can't stand to ever leave the work at hand
[Verse]
C
I was coming apart
Am
At the scissors of another sleepless night
F
I was looking at your hair with a thousand-yard stare
Dm G
'Cause I couldn't bear to look you in the eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
C Am
I was born under a neon sign
And I don't give a fuck
F
Tell me what I'm signifying
Dm G
When I'm run down by a laundry truck
[Chorus]
C Am
I decree: Take the boots to me
F Dm G
And I demand to be strangled by the work at hand
C Am
I'll be gone with my boots still on
F Dm G
'Cause I can't stand to ever leave the work at hand
[Instrumental]
C Am F Dm G
C Am F Dm G
C Am F Dm G
C Am F Dm G
[Chorus]
C Am
I decree: Take the boots to me
F Dm G
And I demand to be strangled by the work at hand
C Am
I'll be gone with my boots still on
F Dm G
'Cause I can't stand to ever leave the work at hand
C Am
I recall not that much at all
F Dm G
But I regret the little things I can't forget
C
I'll be gone (I'm doing what I'm meant to do)
Am
With my boots still on (Destroying people's lives)
F
'Cause I can't stand (Careful or I'll screw you too)
Dm G
To ever leave the work at hand
