Standard Tuning
Capo 4

[Chorus]
            
My tea's gone 

             
cold, I'm wond

      
erin' why
            
Got out of bed

       
 at all
             
The morning ra

              
in clouds up m

  
y window
            
And I can't se

        
e at all
             
And even if I 

            
could it'll al

l be gray
             
But your pictu

            
re on my wall
             
It reminds me 

          
that it's not 

so bad
            
It's not so ba

  
d
            
My tea's gone 

             
cold, I'm wond

      
erin' why
            
Got out of bed

       
 at all
             
The morning ra

              
in clouds up m

  
y window
            
And I can't se

        
e at all
             
And even if I 

            
could it'll al

l be gray
             
But your pictu

            
re on my wall
             
It reminds me 

          
that it's not 

so bad
     
It's not so ba

d

[Verse 1]
            
Dear Slim, I w

             
rote you, but 

              
you still ain'

         
t callin
              
I left my cell

              
, my pager, an

             
d my home phon

             
e at the botto

  
m
              
I sent two let

              
ters back in A

             
utumn, you mus

              
t not have got

     
 'em
              
There probably

              
 was a problem

             
 with the post

             
 office or som

       
ethin'
            
Sometimes I sc

              
ribble address

             
es too sloppy 

               
when I jot 'em
              
But anyway, wh

             
at's been up m

              
an, how's your

         
 daughter?
              
My girlfriend'

              
s pregnant too

              
, I'm bout to 

  
be a father
            
If I have a da

            
ughter, guess 

              
what I'm a cal

     
l her
              
I'm a name her

        
 Bonnie
              
I read about y

          
our Uncle Ronn

ie too, I'm so

rry
             
I had a friend

              
 kill himself 

             
over some b***

             
* who didn't w

        
ant him
              
I know you pro

              
bably hear thi

             
s every day, b

              
ut I'm your bi

         
ggest fan
              
I even got tha

             
t underground 

              
s*** that you 

              
did with Skam
              
I got a room f

             
ull of your po

              
sters and your

              
 pictures man
              
I like that s*

              
** you did wit

             
h Rawkus too, 

             
that s*** was 

     
phat
              
Anyways, I hop

      
e you get this

 man, hit me b

ack
          
Just to chat, 

              
truly yours, y

             
our biggest fa

 
n, this is Sta

n

[Chorus]
            
My tea's gone 

             
cold, I'm wond

      
erin' why
            
Got out of bed

       
 at all
             
The morning ra

              
in clouds up m

  
y window
            
And I can't se

        
e at all
             
And even if I 

            
could it'll al

l be gray
             
But your pictu

            
re on my wall
             
It reminds me 

          
that it's not 

so bad
             
It's not so ba

 
d

[Verse 2]
            
Dear Slim, you

              
 still ain't c

          
alled or wrote

, I hope you h

ave a chance,
             
I ain't mad, I

              
 think it's ju

             
st f***** up t

              
hat you don't 

           
answer fans
              
If you didn't 

              
wanna talk to 


me outside you

r concert
             
You didn't hav

              
e to, but you 

              
could've signe

             
d an autograph

     
 for Matthew
            
That's my litt

              
le brother man

            
, he's only si

x years old
              
We waited in t

   
he blistering 

cold for you
             
For four hours

             
 and you just 

            
said no
              
That's pretty 

              
s****y man, yo

     
u're like his 

f***ing idol
          
He wants to be

              
 just like you

             
 man, he likes

              
 you more than

      
 I do
              
I ain't that m

          
ad though, I j

ust don't like

 being lied to
             
Remember when 

              
we met in Denv

             
er, you said i

    
f I write you
            
You would writ

              
e back, see I'

           
m just like yo

u in a way
              
I never knew m

  
y father neith

er
             
He used to alw

              
ays cheat on m

             
y mom and beat

     
 her
              
I can relate t

              
o what you're 


saying in your

 songs
             
So when I have

              
 a s****y day,

             
 I drift away 

               
and put em on
              
Cause I don't 

            
really got s**

              
* else, so tha

       
t s*** helps w

hen I'm depres

sed
          
I even got a t

              
attoo of your 


name across th

e chest
            
Sometimes I ev

              
en cut myself 

   
to see how muc

h it bleeds
             
Its like adren

              
aline, the pai

             
n is such a su

          
dden rush for 

me
            
See everthing 

              
you say is rea

            
l, and I respe

ct you cause y

ou tell it
             
My girlfriend'

              
s jealous, bec

             
ause I talk ab

            
out you 24/7
            
But she don't 

              
know you like 

           
I know you sli

m, no one does
             
She don't know

              
 what it was l

              
ike for people

             
 like us growi

    
n' up
            
You gotta call

              
 me man, I'll 

              
be the biggest

 
 fan you'll ev

er lose
          
Sincerely your

s, Stan, p.s.

We should be t

ogether too

[Chorus]
            
My tea's gone 

             
cold, I'm wond

      
erin' why
            
Got out of bed

       
 at all
             
The morning ra

              
in clouds up m

  
y window
            
And I can't se

        
e at all
             
And even if I 

            
could it'll al

l be gray
             
But your pictu

            
re on my wall
             
It reminds me 

          
that it's not 

so bad
     
It's not so ba

d

[Verse 3]
            
Dear Mr I'm-To

             
o-Good-To-Call

              
-Or-Write-My-F

    
ans
              
This'll be the

              
 last package 

             
I ever send yo

      
ur a**
              
It's been six 


months and sti

ll no words
           
I don't deserv

e it
              
I know you got

    
 my last two l

etters
              
I wrote the ad

             
dresses on the

         
m perfect
            
So this is my 

              
cassette I'm s

          
ending you, I 

hope you hear 

it
             
I'm in the car

              
 right now, I'

             
m doin' 90 on 

          
the freeway
            
Hey Slim, I dr

              
ank a fifth of

             
 vodka, dare m

          
e to drive?
              
You know that 

             
song by Phil C

ollins, In the

 Air of the Ni

ght
            
About that guy

              
 who could've 

           
saved that oth

er guy from dr

owning
             
But didn't, bu

              
t Phil saw it 

             
all, then at a

              
 show he found

  
 him
            
That's kinda h

              
ow this is, yo

           
u could've res

cued me from d

rowning
             
Now it's too l

              
ate, I'm on a 

             
1,000 downers 

     
now, I'm drows

y
            
And all I want

              
ed was a lousy


 letter or a c

all
             
I hope you kno

              
w I ripped all

             
 of your pictu

       
res off my wal

l
            
I love you Sli

              
m, we could've

             
 been together

              
, think about 

             
it
              
You ruined it 

             
now, I hope yo

              
u can't sleep 

              
and you dream 

        
about it
              
And when you d

              
ream, I hope y

   
ou can't sleep

 and you screa

m about it
             
I hope your co

              
nscience eats 

             
at you and you

             
 can't breathe

          
 without me
             
See Slim, shut

 up b****, I'm

 trying to tal

k
             
Hey Slim, that

             
's my girlfrie

              
nd screamin' i

      
n the trunk
            
But I didn't s

              
lit her throat

              
, I just tied 

    
her up, see I 

ain't like you
             
Cause if she s

              
uffocates, she

             
'll suffer mor

              
e, then she'll

       
 die too
              
Well, gotta go

             
, I'm almost u

              
nder the bridg

     
e now
              
Oh s***, I for

    
got, how am I 

supposed to se

nd this s*** o

ut?

[Instrumental] x2
   

[Chorus]
            
My tea's gone 

             
cold, I'm wond

      
erin' why
            
Got out of bed

       
 at all
             
The morning ra

              
in clouds up m

  
y window
            
And I can't se

        
e at all
             
And even if I 

            
could it'll al

l be gray
             
But your pictu

            
re on my wall
             
It reminds me 

          
that it's not 

so bad
     
It's not so ba

d

[Verse 4]
            
Dear Stan, I m

              
eant to write 

          
you sooner, bu

t I've just be

en busy
             
You say your g

              
irlfriend's pr

             
egnant now, ho

              
w far along is

 
 she?
            
Look, I'm real

              
ly flattered y

         
ou would call 

your daughter 

that
              
And here's an 


autograph for 

your brother
             
I wrote it on 

             
this Starter c

  
ap
              
I'm sorry I di

     
dn't see you a

t the show, I 

must've missed

 you
             
Don't think I 

              
did that s*** 

             
intentionally 

             
just to dis yo

  
u
              
But what's tha

              
t s*** you sai

             
d about you li

              
ke to cut your

            
 wrists too?
              
I say that s**

              
* just clownin

      
' dog
              
C'mon, how f**

               
*ed up is you?
              
You got some i

              
ssues, Stan, I

 
 think you nee

d some counsel

ing 
             
To keep your a

              
** from bounci

             
n' off the wal

              
ls when you ge

           
t down some
              
And what's thi

              
s s*** about u

  
s meant to be 

together?
             
That type of s

              
*** will make 

             
me not want us

              
 to meet each 

     
other
              
I really think

              
 you and your 


girlfriend nee

d each other
             
Or maybe you j

              
ust need to tr

        
eat her better
             
I hope you get

            
 to read this 

              
letter, I hope

    
 it reaches yo

u in time     

           
           
Before you hur

#             
t yourself, I 

              
think that you

    
'll be doin ju

st fine
            
If you relax a

              
 little, I'm g

             
lad that I ins

pire you, but 

Stan
             
Why are you so

              
 mad? Try to u

             
nderstand, tha

             
t I do want yo

       
u as a fan
              
I just don't w

           
ant you to do 

some crazy s**

*
             
I seen this on

              
e s*** on the 

              
news a couple 

             
of weeks ago t

             
hat made me si

   
ck
              
Some dude was 

              
drunk and drov

      
e his car over

 a bridge
             
And had his gi

              
rlfriend in hi

              
s trunk and sh

             
e was pregnant

          
 with his kid
            
And in the car

              
 they found a 

             
tape, didn't s

ay who it was 

to
          
Come to think 

              
about it, his 

             
name was, it w

          
as you...

[Ending]

Damn