The Front Bottoms – Twin Size Mattress (Guitar)

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Not intended to be played along with the song, just one way to play it. Should be simple enough for a learner. [Verse]

E               B                       A
This is for the lions living in the wiry broke-down frames of my friends bodies.

E                       B                       A
When the flood water comes, it ain't gonna be clear, it’s gonna look like mud.

G#m             A
But I will help you swim.

G#m             A
I will help you swim.

                        E
I'm gonna help you swim.

[Verse]

E               B                               A
This is for the snakes and the people they bite;

For the friends I’ve made; for the sleepless nights;

E                       B                       A
For the warning signs I’ve completely ignored.

There’s an amount to take, reasons to take more. [Pre-Chorus]

G#m                                     A
It's no big surprise you turned out this way.

                        G#m                             A
When they close their eyes and prayed you would change

E                       B                       A
And they cut your hair, and sent you away

You stopped by my house the night you escaped

E                       B               A
With tears in my eyes, I begged you to stay

You said, “Hey man, I love you but no fucking way” [Chorus]

E                      G#m                A            F#m
I’m sure that we could find something for you to do on stage.

E                   G#m                  A             F#m
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies.

[Verse]

E                       B                       A
This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night

E                       B                               A
And it should've felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind

G#m             A                               G#m             A
Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face

G#m                                     A                       G#m             A
There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say

[Pre-Chorus]

E                                       B
And it is no big surprise you turned out this way.

        A
The spark in her eyes, The look on your face.

I will not be late. [Chorus]

E                      G#m                A            F#m
I’m sure that we could find something for you to do on stage.

E                   G#m                  A             F#m
Maybe shake a tambourine or when I sing, you sing harmonies.

[Bridge 1]

            E             G#m                  A                  F#m
I wanna contribute to the chaos, I don’t wanna watch and then complain,

            E               G#m                 A                   F#m
'Cause I am through finding blame, that is the decision that I have made.

[Interlude] E B A E B A G#m A G#m A G#m A G#m A

[Instrumental riff]
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------6--4---|
A|-----------2--4--6--4--6--4--2-----------2--6--4--4/6---------|
E|--0--2--4-----------------------0--2--4-----------------------|

[Bridge 2]

E                                           C#m        A
She hopes I’m cursed forever to sleep on a twin-sized mattress

        E                          C#m     A
In somebody’s attic or basement my whole life,

E                       C#m         A
Never graduating up in size to add another

        E
And my nightmares will have nightmares every night

C#m                       A
Oh, every night. Every night.