Blue October – Picking Up The Pieces (Ukulele)

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Kind of tricky song, and this is my first tab...so be "gentle" I guess. The Prechorus is a little sketchy, but it's right with the music. INTRO - |: Bb-C :| Verse:
F                          C
I really need to talk with you

       Dm
I keep stepping on the vein

              Bb
That keeps my lifeline flowing through.

F                                C
I wanna be your perfect stick of glue

                 Dm
But I don't feel perfect at all,
A Sad and insecure flaw
F                             C
I find it hard to hold conversation

        Dm                            Bb
I get sweaty, sick, and I wanna walk away

         F                                     C
It's not you, this is strictly me in this situation

                       Dm
I'm wondering will it ever go away? Just go away...
PRE-CHORUS
Bb
Sometimes I feel like weeping

A
Awake and when I'm sleeping

Abm                     F
Perfecting how to put a game face on

Bb
This puzzle I've been keeping

A
Has been in hiding creeping

Abm                           A
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;
CHORUS
    F C Dm         Bb             F   C   Dm   Bb
How long will I be picking up the pieces?

    F C Dm         Bb        ...          C
How long will I be picking up my heart?
VERSE
F                       C
I'll be as honest as I feel

                  Dm
I'm getting more paranoid, and I'm hearing things

          Bb                   F
And they never turn out real.

                                   C
It feels like my heart is made of pure steel,

              Dm
It's just so heavy all the time.
(little interlude here, obviously)
F                                          C
Yea I'm scared of death, I'm scared of living

   Dm                                 Bb
I gave up on the past 'cause it was unforgiving

F
I misplaced my trust,

            C
Watched my words begin to rust,

       Dm
I'm a balloon about to bust

           Bb
I need a place for reliving still - 
<PRE-CHORUS> <CHORUS> CHORUS 2
     F        C               Dm
How long in another place in time,

Bb               F             C            Dm    Bb
  Picking up the pieces in the corner of my mind?

     F        C               Dm
How long, living oh so hard to find,

Bb               F             C            Dm    Bb
  Picking up the pieces in the corner of my mind?
Ends with "Whoa's" and "I still walk on / I wake up every morning," using the same chords and timing from the chorus. Enjoy, rate and comment if there are problems.