NIKI (Nicole Zefanya) – Heirloom Pain (Guitar)

Capo 2
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As recorded by NIKI (From the 2024 Album BUZZ) [Intro] C [Verse 1]
C                                                Am    C
Build a pillow barricade so the ghosts can't get to me

           F                C
Twenty-something instincts, feel like a deadbeat dad

                                                 Am      C
Never there when it counts and puts you right in therapy

          F                        C                      G
Life is a gamble, baby, and you'll have to live with that
[Pre-Chorus]
        Am                    G
Oh, but I'll be fine 'cause I always end up

C                 F
Just fine, then I call a friend up

Am                 G
That's just how it is
[Chorus]
      C                 G
And I wake up tired and vaguely sore

Am                  C
Stir a pot when I'm feeling bored

F              C                 G
Full-sending a lot, only halfway sure

C                   G
Walking around with heirloom pain

Am               C
Dad's temper and Mom's mistakes

F           C                        G
And always afraid to fall flat on my face

                   C G Am
But doing it anyway

    Em           F  C  G
I'm doing it anyway
[Verse 2]
C                                    Am
Walls up to the skies, many men have marched around

   E                  F                     C                G
To no avail, there's Achilles, then there's his God-forsaken heel
[Pre-Chorus]
  Am                G
I do the dishes and tend the garden

C                 F
Soften up where I used to harden

Am                 G    C
And take a moonlit walk
[Chorus]
      C                 G
And I wake up tired and vaguely sore

Am                  C
Stir a pot when I'm feeling bored

F              C                 G
Full-sending a lot, only halfway sure

C                   G
Walking around with heirloom pain

Am                   Em
Grandma left but her heartache stayed

F                   C                G
And now I'm always afraid to take up space

             C      G  Am
Yet doing it anyway

    Em           F    C  G
I'm doing it anyway, oh
[Outro]
C                       G
People fall in love and fuck up

         Am                        C
And have kids who fall in love and fuck up

         F                     C
Who have kids that fall in love

         G
And have you

C                       G
People fall in love and fuck up

  Am                    C
We all fall in love and fuck up

   F                      C       N.C.
You will fall in love and fuck up too