Kevin Devine – Youre Trailing Yourself (Guitar)

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Tabbed by: http://www.andreasvockrodt.de [Intro] N.C. [Verse]
    G
The sputtering blink of the streetlamp

          Am
Makes you taller, then shrinks you, then splits you in half

          C                D                   G
So you're trailing yourself on the walk to the payphone

             Am                                  C         D        G
Your pockets weighted down with quarters and the hope that no one's home

                            C   C#dim                       D
You spray paint cinnamon on vines and key the cars you pass by

          D#dim                     G
Your ears burn and your voice don't sound right
[Verse 2]
       G
So you spend the next week playing weakened

        Am
Rolling three men alone in the dark in your kitchen

      C                   D                      G
Your apartment can't talk, so it's safe for your secrets

        Am                             C          D        G
All the stories you've invested with a masochist, menacing meaning

                            C   C#dim                    D
Those tired tricks that you play to graft a life to your name

                      D#dim
And you know it's not yours but for now it's okay
[Interlude] Am D G C Am D G Am D G C Am D G [Verse 3]
             G
You wake and cut your initials in cheap glass

           Am
To mark a space for yourself when your time here has passed

           C               D                    G
And you're drifted and done, trading danger for distance

              Am                                    C            D              G
And all those rocks that rope your neck are finally nameless and weightless and faceless

                                 C   C#dim                            D
And you strip the sting from the stains that bleed the life from your face

                      D#m                  G
Your cheeks will burn red on a pure perfect day