Barenaked Ladies – Running Out Of Ink (Guitar)

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D#dim7 - XX1212 [Intro] G C F D/F# G D [Verse 1]
                 G
I stopped into a club

                    C
I thought I'd see a show

             F
Everyone was there

                    D
At least everyone I know

                    G
Their knickers in a knot

                       C
Their hands upon their heart

                     F
The best they'd ever seen

                     D
The greatest work of art

                     G
I wished that it was me....
[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think

Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink

G7           C
Give a guy a break

Cm              G     D
This is what it takes

                  G     D
To drive a man to drink
[Verse 2]
             G
A party at a friend's

                  C
Toronto's coolest scene

                      F
I thought I'd bring a tape

                       D
To show them where I'd been

                    G
They listened for a while

                     C
The lyrics made them smile

                      F
They said that it was fine

                      D
Although it's not the style

                 G    D
I said it wasn't me     
[Verse 3]
            G
Once upon a time

               C
I couldn't get enough

                F
Until I made it big

                       D
And that's when it got rough

              G
Dissapointed? No;

                  C
Perhaps a bit surprised...

                    F
To look them in the face

                    D
And see it in their eyes

                    G
They wish it wasn't me
[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think

Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink

G7           C  
Give a guy a break

Cm              G     D
This is what it takes

                  G     D
To drive a man to drink
[Verse 4] (muted)
                   G
I used to hold you close

                    C
You used to tell me things

                 F
You never told a soul

                   D
Until you heard me sing

                    G
The details of your life

                 C
Condensed into a song

                     F
The neighbor and his wife

                  D
Work out and sing along

                      G
And you can't look at me
[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think

Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink

G7           C
Give a guy a break

Cm              G     D
This is what it takes

                  G     D
To drive a man to drink  
[Bridge]
Am               Em
Could song be an alibi

G         F             E          Am
A lyric replacement for falling in love

                 Em
But now that the well is dry

  C          F               E            Am   D#dim7
I can't understand what I've been singing of...

       Em         D#dim7   Em    D#dim7  
Do you know what it is to love? (To love)

(D#dim7)  Em
To really love? (To love) 

D#dim7    Em
To really love....

B7     Em   D#dim7
Really love
G Do I? [Verse 5]
                 G
I cycled by your house

                 C
I saw you on the lawn

                  F
I see you all the time

                 D
Now that you are gone

                     G
I tried to call your name

                      C
But something made me stop

                  F
I call you once a day

                   D
Until you call the cops

                     G    D
And told them it was me   
[Verse 6]
                   G    
I filled a plastic bag

                  C
With everything I wrote

                 F
I threw it off a bridge

                        D                      
I thought that it would float.

                  G
The water made it sink

                     C
The bag was bleeding ink.

                      F
I wished that it could swim

                      D
I wished that I could drink

                     G
I wished that it was me.
[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think

Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink

G7           C    
Give a guy a break

Cm              G
This is what it takes

G7                C
To drive a man to drink

Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink

G7           C
Give a guy a break

Cm              G     D    
This is what it takes

                  G     D
To drive a man to drink

                  G     D
To drive a man to drink

                  G
To drive a man to drink