Brakeless

D A Em G


[Verse 1]
D
The bank sign out my window is laughing in my face
            G
'Cause it's seven in the morning and only four degrees
               Em                                 C               Em
And there's a city budget crisis, they're closing all the libraries
            G
There's no money left for nothing

So they're only plowing Broad Street


[Verse 2]
         D
Picking lunch over the subway

I got four bucks to my name
            G
And it's another morning bike ride

In the fucking freezing rain
          Em
I pull a second pair of gloves on

Tying bags around my feet
     G
I'm not getting trench foot this week


[Chorus]
D                      A                    E   Em        G
I heard a song on the radio try to tell me I'm not alone
                       D
But I feel like it today


[Verse 3]
D
Swipe left to dodge a car door

12th and Cecil B
           G
Caught my front wheel in the trolly tracks

Slid across the street
          Em
I showed up to work all bloodied up

But still got all my teeth
      G
And lately that's what's passing as lucky
          Bm          Em
Lucky for me


[Chorus]
D                      A                    E   Em        G
I heard a song on the radio try to tell me I'm not alone
                       D
But I feel like it today
     D                      A
And I heard a song on the radio
           D             Em
Said that that's just the way it goes
       G               D
And I think I'm gonna break


[Bridge]
Bm                       E  Em       G            D
I keep thinking of ways to make it seem like an accident
   Bm                       E  Em       G            D
Pull the brake off my bike so if the bus runs the light well then
 Bm                    E           G            D
I've been telling myself that it can't be that serious
 A                        Bm             Em
But if I'm sounding like this I guess it is


[Chorus]
D                      A                    E   Em        G
I heard a song on the radio try to tell me I'm not alone
     D                      A
And I heard a song on the radio
           D             Em
Said that that's just the way it goes
       G               D
And I think I'm gonna break