Tom: C
C F
C F
Am G
F
C Dm Am
Am G F
C Dm Am
Am G F
[Verse]
C Dm Am
On the bus on her way home
G F
Her heart beats like a metronome
C Dm Am
It doesn't speed up or slow down
G F
But it gets weaker with each pound
C G
And mine beats much in the same way
Dm Am
When I've been sleepwalking all day
G F
After spending the night tossing and turning with the light still on
[Verse]
C Dm Am
She said she's never felt so low
G F
And can't go on just getting paid
C Dm Am
For taking shit from wannabe teachers
G F
That just couldn't get the grades
C G
And carving out an existence
Dm Am
Instead of a living don't make sense
G
And I can that look in her eyes
F
She wants to sever ties and walk the other way
Because she knows that if she stays
[Chorus]
C
That she'll be filed away
F
Just like the rest of us
Am F
We're all paperwork in folders that don't like to make a fuss
C
And confuse never taking risks at all
F
As being completely comfortable
Am G F
And don't mind sacrificing all our dreams
F C
For so much less than we ever thought that we would
G C
And dwell on corrections we'd make if only we could
Bm Am G
And then take out loans to pay for our own headstones
F
When we could use the time we spend focusing on the end
G C
To fix the part that's in between
[Verse 2]
F C
But I know tomorrow is fucking useless when you can't get through today
G C G
It's hard to get your point across when you've ran out of things to say
F C
And in the off chance you think of something
G Dm
The words just don't come out
[Verse 2]
F C
And I know last year was dire and this year might be the same
G C G
But remember you're not just a number, you're not just a name
F G
You're not disposable, and above all you know
[Bridge]
Am F
It shouldn't feel this right to be broke and alone
C G
It shouldn't feel this right to be broke and alone
Am F
It shouldn't feel this right to be broke and alone
C G
It shouldn't feel this right to be broke and alone
Am F
You know it shouldn't feel this right to be broke and alone
C G
And you know that someday soon we'll find a place to call home
Am F G
And even though she looks like she's in despair every day
[Outro]
C
She doesn't have to be filed away,
F G Am Bm C
She doesn't have to be filed away,
F G Am Bm C
She doesn't have to be filed away,
F G Am Bm F
She doesn't have to be filed away,
C
and nor do we
