Local Man Ruins Everything
Just the basic chords of the song.
Capo 3rd fret
Standard Tuning
AGCF
AGCF
F G
The fountain was off.
C F
This is the first time I?ve been back to the city in months.
G C
I?m trying to hold it together but irony?s found cracks in the foundation.
F G
And you know,
C
I try so hard to be some great white hope
F G Am F F G
But I can?t shake the feeling that tonight I?m gonna end up shaking in bed
C
alone.
Am G C
I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid.
F Am
I had to take my own advice and I did.
G C F
Now I?m waiting for it to sink in.
Am G C
Expect me standing tall, back against the wall,
F
'Cause what I learned was
Am G
It?s not about forcing happiness;
C F
It?s about not letting the sadness win.
F...
FGC
F
I don?t have roses in the closet
C
But I?ve got pictures in a drawer
F
It?s everything left in me
C
Not to stare at them anymore.
F C
I walked upstairs and shaved my beard.
F
I felt like I was holding sadness here
C
(I was holding sadness here)
FCFC
Am G C
I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid.
F Am
I had to take my own advice and I did.
G C F
Now I?m waiting for it to sink in.
Am G C
Expect me standing tall, back against the wall,
F
'Cause what I learned was
Am G
It?s not about forcing happiness;
C F
It?s about not letting the sadness win.
F G
I don?t have roses in the closet
C
But I?ve got pictures in a drawer
F G
It?s everything left in me
C
Not to stare at them anymore.
Am G C
I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid.
F Am
I had to take my own advice and I did.
G C
I?m not a self-help book; I?m just a fucked up kid.
F
I had to take my own advice and I did.
FCG
FCG