[Primeira Parte]

E                     B
I do not speak of the ache in my shoulders
F#m                     A
They bear the burdens I willingly paid for
E                           B
You have your own they live deep in the folds of your
F#m               A
Cynical mind like mice

E                       B
I have been bit by them two times or thrice
        F#m                    A
And the skin on my hand became tough to the touch
E                          B                    F#m  A
Now they sleep deeply, you oil the crease in my palm
    E                         B
And in all my dreams I'm more careful than kind
        F#m                    A
Keep my two hands clean and my tongue all nice and I
E                        B
Dare you and dare you to fool me twice
    F#m                 A
I'd pay any price to be right
 
[Pré-Refrão]

       G#m                                    A7M
'Cause you didn't speak until it got real bad
G#m
You didn't speak then you broke what you had
A
Let time run it's course
 
( E  B  F#m  A )
( E  B  F#m  A )
 
[Refrão]

  E             B                F#m         A
I never could forget but I'll forgive like a dog
E               B                       F#m                 A
Somewhere in my bones these wounds they make their home but I'm glad you're home
  E           B     F#m         A
I wait by the door, licking the floor
E              B            F#m                A
How long can a man ignore a beast and her sores?
 
[Segunda Parte]

E                      B
I knew a girl who made bare of the world
           F#m                             A
'Cause the light that she wears takes more eyes than is fair
E                         B                              F#m  A
She holds the weight of a heart that yearns foremost to love

    E                       B
And I saw her love and read her lover's love
           F#m                       A
She burned red, I turned green did I know anything?
         E                           B                      F#m     A
But when push came to shove, love it wasn't enough, we know nothing
 
[Pré-Refrão]

       G#m                                A7M
'Cause he didn't speak until it got real bad
G#m
He didn't speak, are we to go mad?
A
Must time run it's course?
 
( E  B  F#m  A )
( E  B  F#m  A )
 
[Refrão]

  E             B                F#m         A
I never could forget but I'll forgive like a dog
E               B                       F#m                 A
Somewhere in my bones these wounds they make their home but I'm glad you're home
  E           B     F#m         A
I wait by the door, licking the floor
E              B            F#m                A
How long can a man ignore a beast and her sores?
E              B            F#m                A
How long can a man ignore a beast and her sores?