Not intended to be played along with the song, just one way to play it. Should be simple enough for a learner.


[Verse]
             
This is for th

             
e lions living

            
 in the wiry b

roke-down fram

es of my frien

ds bodies.
             
When the flood

             
 water comes, 

              
it ain't gonna

      
 be clear, it’

s gonna look l

ike mud.
           
But I will hel

  
p you swim.
           
I will help yo

  
u swim.
              
I'm gonna help

          
 you swim.

[Verse]
             
This is for th

             
e snakes and t

              
he people they

      
 bite;
For the friends I’ve made; for the sleepless nights;
             
For the warnin

             
g signs I’ve c

              
ompletely igno

      
red.
There’s an amount to take, reasons to take more.

[Pre-Chorus]
           
It's no big su

              
rprise you tur

            
ned out this w

ay.
              
When they clos

           
e their eyes a

              
nd prayed you 

              
would change
             
And they cut y

             
our hair, and 

                    
sent you away
You stopped by my house the night you escaped
             
With tears in 

             
my eyes, I beg

            
ged you to sta

y
You said, “Hey man, I love you but no fucking way”

[Chorus]
             
I’m sure that 

           
we could find 

              
something for 

            
you to do on s

#
tage.
             
Maybe shake a 

           
tambourine or 

             
when I sing, y

             
ou sing harmon

#
ies.

[Verse]
             
This is for th

             
e lake that me

              
 and my friend

      
s swim in, nak

ed and dumb on

 a drunken nig

ht
             
And it should'

             
ve felt good b

              
ut I can hear 

              
the Jaws theme


 song on repea

t in the back 

of my mind
           
Make sure you 

             
kiss your knuc

              
kles before yo

           
u punch me in 

        
the face
           
There are less

              
ons to be lear

             
ned, consequen

              
ces for all th

           
e stupid thing

          
s I say

[Pre-Chorus]
             
And it is no b

              
ig surprise yo

            
u turned out t

his way.
        
The spark in h

er eyes, The l

ook on your fa

ce.
I will not be late.

[Chorus]
             
I’m sure that 

           
we could find 

              
something for 

            
you to do on s

#
tage.
             
Maybe shake a 

           
tambourine or 

             
when I sing, y

             
ou sing harmon

#
ies.

[Bridge 1]
             
I wanna contri

            
bute to the ch

             
aos, I don’t w

             
anna watch and

          
 then complain

,
             
'Cause I am th

              
rough finding 

           
blame, that is

             
 the decision 

            
that I have ma


de.

[Interlude]
   
   
   
   

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D|------------
A|-----------2
E|--0--2--4---

riff]
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--4--6--4--6--
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4--2----------
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-2--6--4--4/6-
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-6--4---|
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[Bridge 2]
             
She hopes I’m 

              
cursed forever

              
 to sleep on a

          
 twin-sized ma

ttress
             
In somebody’s 

              
attic or basem

           
ent my whole l

 
ife,
             
Never graduati

           
ng up in size 

        
to add another
        
And my nightma

res will have 

nightmares eve

ry night
           
Oh, every nigh

            
t. Every night

.