Rocky Votolato – Portland Is Leaving (Guitar)

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A                   C#m
 Come along with me now 'cause there are

D                         A
Things I've been dying to tell you

A               E
The best or the worst things that you

Bm              A
Never needed to know

A                   C#m
This is the kind of comedy where no one's

D                    A
Laughing 'cause it's hard to...

A                      E
I'm a punch line who's punch-drunk with my

Bm               D
Fist in a broken mirror...

          A
There's a party near by

E      Bm
 I can hear

A               E               Bm        D
Laughter in the distance and it all comes clear

A                 E                Bm      Dm
Sounds too simple, but love is the only answer

C#m               Bm
Everything else is just a train-wreck
A C#m D A A E Bm A
A             C#m             D                     A
Gonna stay up all night every night for the rest of my life

A                     E            Bm                A
Till the lines around my eyes grow deeper and more defined

A                        C#m                 D       A
You might ask me "Aren't you dead inside and so damn tired?"

A                E               Bm             D
I say i have no idea but I'm not sleeping until after the

  A          E      Bm
dying is over I can hear

A               E               Bm        D
Laughter in the distance and it all comes clear

A                 E                Bm      Dm
Sounds too simple, but love is the only answer

C#m                  Bm
Love's a trainwreck, you're a mistake
A C#m D A A E Bm A A C#m D A A E Bm Bm Dm Dm C#m Bm A Sometimes it's more convenient to play the barre chord than the open chord. Also, at the end of the lines in the verses, he likes to play the C# (note, not chord) the A chord (second fret on the b string if you're playing an open A chord or sixth fret the g string if you're playing the barre chord. If this doesn't make sense, disregard it.