Jonathan Coulton – Octopus (Guitar)

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[Intro] A (A) (A) E [Verse 1]
C#m                  A
I still remember the words you said

F#m                       B       G#
They were hard enough to leave a mark

C#m                 A
And now they echo inside my head

F#m                B      G#
As I spiral down into the dark

A                 E
I windmill upside down

F#m                 C#m    B
Knowing you'll come at me again

A                      F#m
And I feel your shadow pass above me
[Chorus]
Esus E  Esus E
Octopus

             Esus E  Esus E
Some kind of octopus

           Bm         F#m
Tearing my shell apart

            C#m
Letting the sea get in

    A                      E
You make my insides outside
[Verse 2]
C#m                  A
I don't think I ever saw you blink

F#m                         B      G#
You were so controlled that no one knew

C#m                    A
And by the time we all stopped to think

F#m                 B        G#
We were already too close to you

A                   E
Now you keep coming by

F#m             C#m        B
Telling me it's not what I think

      A             F#m
But I know a murder when I see one
[Chorus]
Esus E  Esus E
Octopus

             Esus E  Esus E
Some kind of octopus

           Bm         F#m
Tearing my shell apart

            C#m
Letting the sea get in

    A
You make my insides outside
[Bridge]
A        B             A             B
And far above me I can see the world

A        B             A    B
Receding slowly out of view

A           B               A            B
The sinking feeling that my worst mistake

A           B                 A
Was all the time I spent with you
[Verse 3]
C#m                        A
You said you're sorry, you said you'd try

F#m                  B           G#
But you never did, I guess we're done

C#m                   A
Now bits of pieces of me float by

      F#m             B    G#
And I die in front of everyone

A                  E
And you're already gone

F#m            C#m       B
Halfway to wherever you sleep

        A               F#m
And you make me wish I never met you
[Chorus]
Esus E  Esus E
Octopus

             Esus E  Esus E
Some kind of octopus

           Bm         F#m
Tearing my shell apart

            C#m
Letting the sea get in

    A
You make my insides outside