The Avett Brothers – Locked Up (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] G [Verse]
G
I can't take the criticism

    C
I'm eaten up with cynicism

Em                          Am          D7
All the colors in the prism entering my eyes

C           D7        G
Still can't change my mind

      G
I'm a stubborn goat getting older

  C
A cube of ice getting colder

  Em                                 Am                D7
A frozen heart and frozen shoulders, that is what I've got

C            D7   G
A sweetheart I am not

         G              C
Now I'll soften when it pays the bills

     G             C
I'll love you in exchange for thrills

    G              C
Our service calls, withdrawal kills

      G                      C     G
I can smell fresh blood from miles away
[Chorus]
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way,

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this, oh, no,

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way
[Verse]
G
Now I have been their slave but I'm tired of workin'

C
A jackhammer tired of jerking

      Em                              Am                    D7
I'm a booty-shaker tired of twerking, you can laugh all you want

C                    D7      G
Soon enough, though, I'll be gone

      G
I'm a dying fly on the wall

      C
I'm a teenage girl who just won't call

      Em                      Am           D7
I'm a deflated basketball, no needle to be found

C          D7         G
And I just want to be round
[Bridge]
         G              C
So I can roam, so I can bounce

         Am               D7
So I can roll out of this town
[Chorus]
        C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this,

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way, oh, no,

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this
[Verse]
            G
Now I'm the worst ship that was ever built

          C
I started sinking soon as the champagne spilled

        Em                                    Am              D7
All the dirty secrets in my quilt, they won't come out in the wash

    C    D7       G
Somebody help, my gosh

      G
I'm a beating heart off the beaten path

    C
The god of shame, fear my wrath

       Em                      Am              D7
Can my filthy soul take a bath in the light of you?

C      D7       G
In the light of truth?

C      D7       G
In the light of you
[Chorus]
G           C         D7      G
No, I can't be locked up like this,

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way, oh, no,

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this,

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this (Oh, no),

G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this