Hole – Happy Ending Story (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am G Em C Am G D Am [Verse 1]
Am    G  Em     C             Am
  Hey,   I burn better in the dark

     G     D        Am
Hey,    is that me crying?

Am      G   Em        C                Am
   Hey, ah, it's pure poison where you are

    G      D        Am
Hey,    is that me dying?
[Chorus]
Am  C  G           D                  Am
         Tell me a happy ending story

C  G           D                 Am
    Is there a happy ending story?

      C         G
Is there, is there?

          D                 Am
Tell me a happy ending story

    D              Am
Oh, tell me a story
[Verse 2]
Am    G  Em        C           Am
  Hey,   for every ending tragedy

     G       D        Am
Hey,   I'll rip your heart out

Am      G     Em    C          Am
   Hey,   for every evil dumb lazy

    G        D        Am
Hey,    I'll tear the sun down
[Chorus]
Am  C  G           D                  Am
         Tell me a happy ending story

C  G           D                 Am
    Is there a happy ending story?

      C         G
Is there, is there?

          D                 Am
Tell me a happy ending story

    D              Am
Oh, tell me a story
[Bridge]
Am                 C
The grace is lost, the grace is won

  G                    D
The filth it is, has overcome

   Am                C
The lonely ain't for you

     G           D
Just resurrect, uh-huh

   Am               C
The ghost of him haunts the screen

       G           D
That's coming from the depths of me

Am            C             G          D
Watch die his lonely little death, uh-huh
[Verse 3]
Am    G     Em         C          Am
  Hey,  the quicksands coming better

     G     D        Am
Hey,    is that me crying?

Am     G    Em           C                  Am
   Hey,  the stars crash down, don't let 'em in

    G      D        Am
Hey,    is that me dying?
[Chorus]
Am  C  G           D                  Am
         Tell me a happy ending story

C  G           D                 Am
    Is there a happy ending story?

      C         G
Is there, is there?

          D                 Am
Tell me a happy ending story

    D              Am
Oh, tell me a story
[Outro]
    Am                C
Oh, watch me wilt and watch you bloom

   G              D
Imprisoned in the depths of you

                  D                  Am
       (tell me a happy ending story)

Am             C            G         D
As long as the defects are believed uh-huh

                                      D                  Am
                           (tell me a happy ending story)

    Am                C
The rage is lost, the war is won

    G                     D
The battle there has just begun

                          D                  Am
               (tell me a happy ending story)

Am                  C            G         D*
He haunts me to the marrow of my grief, uh-huh