Alkaline Trio – Balanced On A Shelf (Ukulele)

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[0:13] G#m B E F# G#m B F#
G#m                          F#                   E
   A somewhat inviting, very different of kind of hell.

         G#m          F#             E
To live, without ever looking at yourself.

        G#m             E                B             F#
You see life is so much simpler when it's balanced on a shelf.

            A                               F#      F#         
Thats been unperfectly placed there in the sun now look at how your'e admired

        E                 G#m                F#              E
by everyone, Who sees you now they know your name. But is it real?

             G#m           F#                E
All your bad habits have become your life's appeal

              B                                        E
And then it's where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong?

                      B                                        E
When you're screaming where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong?

              G#m B E F#   G#m        G#m  B  E  F#       
Well first of a-l-l,     and worst of a---l---l. 

            G#m       B           E             F#        E  E/F
you looked inside yourself didn't care much for what you saw

             G#m
for what you saw
G#m B E F# G#m B F#
       G#m              F#             E
Can you imagine,did you ever play with dolls?

          G#m               F#               E
You can protect your cotton heartbeat on the skin of porcelain walls.

         G#m             E                    B                F# 
You keep staring to your future through these marble eyes they show,

     A                          F#    
Everything I'm never ever gonna have,

         F#                             E                  
That's a giant pill, But swallow if you can. 

             G#m
You'll start again,

                   F#            E       
You'll change your name and be reborn 

    G#m            F#            E
and give in to all that has been torn

              B                                        E
And then it's where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong?

                      B                                        E
When you're screaming where did you go wrong, where did you go wrong?

              G#m B E F#   G#m        G#m  B  E  F#       
Well first of a-l-l,     and worst of a---l---l. 

            G#m       B           E             F#        E  E/F
you looked inside yourself didn't care much for what you saw

             G#m
for what you saw
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