Hawthorne Heights – Picket Fences (Guitar)

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Skeletons 2010 Submitted by: [email protected] Chords used: G - 320033 D - xx0232 Em - 022000 C - x32010 D/F# - 2x023x Am - x02210 Bm - x24432 F - 133211 [Verse 1]

    G
The places I remember are

getting worn and withered

   D/F#
My heart is the picket fences

and needs a little mending

C
am I not everything you

          D
thought I should be?

[Verse 2]

    G
The faces in the picture are

burnt just like the real ones

     D/F#
Our skin is the exposure

it's gotten so much older

    C
But am I not everything

              D
you thought I could be?

[Refrain 1]

     Am
This life long competition

      C
still reeks of repetition

     G
I've failed at everything

           D/F#
I tried to do my life

                  Am
plays in front of you

And now I've realized

        Bm
there's nothing left

for me to hide I've

C
opened myself enough

        D
for the world

to see my guts [Chorus 1]

G             D
Where are you now? and

F              Em   F C
where have you been?

G
Everything and everyone

D
Everything and everyone

F               C  D
Must come to an end

[Verse 3]

    G
The children in the school

yard have grown so cold and

          D/F#
tired The shift is almost over

I'm praying I don't get fired

C
Life isn't everything

             D
I thought it should be

[Verse 4]

    G
The bills left on the table

will be payed if I was able to

D/F#
Work a few more hours

my life has grown so sour

  C
Because I'm not everything

            D
I thought I could be

[Refrain 2]

     Am
This life long competition

      C
still reeks of repetition

     G
I've failed at everything

           D/F#
I tried to do my life

                  Am
plays in front of you

And now I've realized

        Bm
there's nothing left

for me to hide I've

C
opened myself enough

        D
for the world

to see my guts [Chorus 2]

G             D
Where are you now? and

F              Em   F C
where have you been?

G
Everything and everyone

D
Everything and everyone

F               C  D
Must come to an end

[Outro]

    G
The places I remember are

getting worn and withered

   D/F#
My heart is the picket fences

and needs a little mending

C
am I not everything you

          D         G
thought I should be?