D#dim7 - XX1212

[Intro]
G C F D/F#
G D

[Verse 1]
                 G
I stopped into a club
                    C
I thought I'd see a show
             F
Everyone was there
                    D
At least everyone I know
                    G
Their knickers in a knot
                       C
Their hands upon their heart
                     F
The best they'd ever seen
                     D
The greatest work of art
                     G
I wished that it was me....

[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink
G7           C
Give a guy a break
Cm              G     D
This is what it takes
                  G     D
To drive a man to drink
  
[Verse 2]
             G
A party at a friend's
                  C
Toronto's coolest scene
                      F
I thought I'd bring a tape
                       D
To show them where I'd been
                    G
They listened for a while
                     C
The lyrics made them smile
                      F
They said that it was fine
                      D
Although it's not the style
                 G    D
I said it wasn't me     

[Verse 3]
            G
Once upon a time
               C
I couldn't get enough
                F
Until I made it big
                       D
And that's when it got rough
              G
Dissapointed? No;
                  C
Perhaps a bit surprised...
                    F
To look them in the face
                    D
And see it in their eyes
                    G
They wish it wasn't me

[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink
G7           C  
Give a guy a break
Cm              G     D
This is what it takes
                  G     D
To drive a man to drink
  
[Verse 4] (muted)
                   G
I used to hold you close
                    C
You used to tell me things
                 F
You never told a soul
                   D
Until you heard me sing
                    G
The details of your life
                 C
Condensed into a song
                     F
The neighbor and his wife
                  D
Work out and sing along
                      G
And you can't look at me

[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink
G7           C
Give a guy a break
Cm              G     D
This is what it takes
                  G     D
To drive a man to drink  

[Bridge]
Am               Em
Could song be an alibi
G         F             E          Am
A lyric replacement for falling in love
                 Em
But now that the well is dry
  C          F               E            Am   D#dim7
I can't understand what I've been singing of...
       Em         D#dim7   Em    D#dim7  
Do you know what it is to love? (To love)
(D#dim7)  Em
To really love? (To love) 
D#dim7    Em
To really love....
B7     Em   D#dim7
Really love
   G
Do I?

[Verse 5]
                 G
I cycled by your house
                 C
I saw you on the lawn
                  F
I see you all the time
                 D
Now that you are gone
                     G
I tried to call your name
                      C
But something made me stop
                  F
I call you once a day
                   D
Until you call the cops
                     G    D
And told them it was me   

[Verse 6]
                   G    
I filled a plastic bag
                  C
With everything I wrote
                 F
I threw it off a bridge
                        D                      
I thought that it would float.
                  G
The water made it sink
                     C
The bag was bleeding ink.
                      F
I wished that it could swim
                      D
I wished that I could drink
                     G
I wished that it was me.

[Chorus]
G7                    C
It's bleaker than you think
Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink
G7           C    
Give a guy a break
Cm              G
This is what it takes
G7                C
To drive a man to drink
Cm                 G
I'm running out of ink
G7           C
Give a guy a break
Cm              G     D    
This is what it takes
                  G     D
To drive a man to drink
                  G     D
To drive a man to drink
                  G
To drive a man to drink