Blue October – The Answer (Guitar)

Am                 Em
If I can't crawl inside of you,

G                           Am
I'm laughing with a broken face,

Am                   Em
I stumble across my self-esteem,

         G                                   Am
But to picture the pleasure is making me want my space

C                                      Am
Understand that God wrapped you like a bow

        C
But in my head, there're some shelves that need cleaning

                        Am
From basement to ceiling, control, control...

Am                           Em
If what you're seeing is an open book

                           G
That's great 'cause I'm an open book

              Am
But I'm real shy

Am
Now there's a part of me seeking

                            Em
And desperately needing to open up

                        G                     Am
That's strange 'cause I'm an open book, a confused boy

Am
I'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people

                      Em
My heart, while in its cage

                        G
Give and not receive a thing

                                 Am
I don't know how to give myself advice

Am
And I've got this post-traumatic thing

                           Em
This tattoo of a ring around my wedding finger

                                      Em
And that's where I want to state this claim

       G
That I've got to learn to live and dream

                       Am              C
Before I go and get myself in love, in love

                                            Am
Before, before, before I go and get myself in love

Am
There's Zoloft, Welbutrin

                                  Em
There's Paxil that's proven, no side effects

     G
But the rest left unnamed

                                 Am
'Cause they worked like a charm on me

Am
But when your savings is drying

 Em
You've got to suck it up

               G
You're not her buttercup

                        Am
You're not her favorite book

Am
I'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people

Em
My heart, while in its cage

G
But the only funny thing:

                                Am
I don't know how to give myself advice

 Am
And I've got this post-traumatic thing

                        Em
This tattoo of a ring around my wedding finger

G
And that's where I want to state this claim

 G
That I've got to learn to live and dream

                            Am         C
Before I go and get myself in love, in love

                                     Am
Before, before, before I go and get myself in love

C
in love.

                                              Am
Before, before, before I go and get myself in love