The Work At Hand

C
I was paying attention
    Am
But maybe not at the right time
         F
You're repeating verbatim

The final ultimatum
    Dm                                 G
And all I'm thinking is how to make it rhyme


[Pre-Chorus]
C                           Am
I'm doing what I'm meant to do

Exploring inner space
F
Amazing I can see right through
Dm       G
The disappointment on your face


[Chorus]
C                  Am
I decree: Take the boots to me
    F              Dm                       G
And I demand to be strangled by the work at hand
C                    Am
I'll be gone with my boots still on
       F                Dm                     G
'Cause I can't stand to ever leave the work at hand


[Verse]
C
I was coming apart
       Am
At the scissors of another sleepless night
      F
I was looking at your hair with a thousand-yard stare
         Dm                               G
'Cause I couldn't bear to look you in the eyes


[Pre-Chorus]
C                       Am
I was born under a neon sign

And I don't give a fuck
F
Tell me what I'm signifying
         Dm                    G
When I'm run down by a laundry truck


[Chorus]
C                  Am
I decree: Take the boots to me
    F              Dm                       G
And I demand to be strangled by the work at hand
C                    Am
I'll be gone with my boots still on
       F                Dm                     G
'Cause I can't stand to ever leave the work at hand


[Instrumental]
C  Am  F  Dm G
C  Am  F  Dm G
C  Am  F  Dm G
C  Am  F  Dm G


[Chorus]
C                  Am
I decree: Take the boots to me
    F              Dm                       G
And I demand to be strangled by the work at hand
C                    Am
I'll be gone with my boots still on
       F                Dm                     G
'Cause I can't stand to ever leave the work at hand
C                 Am
I recall not that much at all
    F            Dm                    G
But I regret the little things I can't forget
C
I'll be gone (I'm doing what I'm meant to do)
        Am
With my boots still on (Destroying people's lives)
       F
'Cause I can't stand (Careful or I'll screw you too)
   Dm                     G
To ever leave the work at hand