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                           PICKING UP PIECES - Blue October
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Note: If you aren't worried about playing along with the key of the song, 
transpose it one step up.  It's much easier to play.


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   CAPO 1
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==VERSE==
F                          C
I really need to talk with you
       Dm
I keep stepping on the vein
              Bb
That keeps my lifeline flowing through.
F                                C
I wanna be your perfect stick of glue
                 Dm
But I don't feel perfect at all,

A Sad and insecure flaw
F                             C
I find it hard to hold conversations
        Dm                            Bb
I get sweaty, sick, and I wanna walk away
         F                                     C
No, it's not you, this is strictly me in this situation
                       Dm
I'm wondering will it ever go away? Just go away, still...


==PD-C HORUS==
Gm
Sometimes I feel like weeping
F
Awake and when I'm sleeping
C                        Dm
Perfecting how to put a game face on
Gm
This puzzle I've been keeping
F
Has been in hiding creeping
C                              A
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;


==CHORUS==
    F Am Dm                      F Am Dm  
How long will I be picking up pieces?
    F Am Dm                    Bb     C
How long will I be picking up my heart?


==VERSE==
        F                       C
Listen, I'll be as honest as I feel
                  Dm
I'm getting more paranoid, and I'm hearing things
          Bb                   F
And they never turn out real.
                                   C
It feels like my heart is made of pure steel,
              Dm
It's just so heavy all the time.


==VERSE==          
F                                          C
I'm scared of death, I'm scared of living
   Dm                                 Bb
I gave up on the past 'cause it's unforgiving
F
I misplaced my trust,
            C
I Watched my word begin to rust,
       Dm
I'm that balloon about to bust
           Bb
I need a place for reliving still - 


==PD-C HORUS==
Gm
Sometimes I feel like weeping
F
Awake and when I'm sleeping
C                        Dm
Perfecting how to put a game face on
Gm
And This puzzle I've been keeping
F
Has been in hiding creeping
C                              A
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;


==CHORUS==
    F Am Dm                    F Am Dm  
How long will I be picking up pieces?
    F Am Dm                       C     Dm
How long will I be picking up my heart?


==BRIDGE==
                 C     Dm
Be Picking up my heart? 
                 C     Dm
Be Picking up my heart? 
                 C     Dm
Be Picking up my heart? 
                 Bb    Dm
Picking up my heart?

Bb F C (x4)


==CHORUS/OUTRO==
     F  Am  Dm
How long (in another space in time) will I be
               F  Am  Dm   
Picking up pieces (in the corner of my mind?)
    F  Am  Dm
How long (it's getting oh so hard to find) will I be
              F  Am  Dm
Picking up pieces (in the corner of my mind?) C'mon...

F  Am  Dm
Whoah... But I still walk on...