Picking Up Pieces Chords by Blue October

[B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] _ I really need to talk [C#] with you. _
I [D#m] keep stepping on the vein that keeps [B] my lifeline flowing through.
[F#] I wanna be your perfect stick [Fm] of glue. _
But I don't [D#m] feel perfect at all.
Sad and insecure flaw.
[F#] Yeah, I find it hard to hold [C#] conversations. _
[G#] I [D#m] get sweaty sick and I wanna walk [B] away. _
No, [F#] it's not you, it's strictly me in this [C#] situation.
But I'm wondering [D#m] will it ever go away?
Just go away.
[G#m] Still.
Sometimes I feel like [F#] weeping.
Awaken when I'm [C#] sleeping.
Perfecting how to [D#m] put a game face on.
_ [G#m] And this puzzle I've been [F#] keeping has been hiding.
[C#] Creeping out the closet door.
[A#] Spilling out onto the floor.
[F#] _ _ _ [D#m] How long will I be [F#] picking up pieces?
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _
[F#] How _ _ [D#m] long will I be picking up [B] my heart?
_ [F#] _ [C#] _
Listen, [F#] I'll be as honest as I feel. _
I feel [D#m] like I'm getting more paranoid cause I'm hearing [B] things and they never turn out real.
[F#] It feels like my heart is [C#] made of pure steel.
It's [D#m] just so heavy all the time. _ _
_ I'm scared of death.
I'm [F#] scared of living.
Shit, I [D#m] gave up on the past cause it's _ [B] unforgiving.
_ [F#] I misplaced my trust.
I [C#] watched my word begin to rust.
I'm [D#m] that balloon about to bust.
I [B] need a place for a living [G#m] shell.
Sometimes I feel like [F#] weeping.
Awaken when I'm [C#] sleeping.
Perfecting how to [D#m] put a game face on.
[G#m] And this puzzle I've been [F#] keeping has been hiding.
[C#] Creeping out the closet door.
[A#] Spilling out onto the floor.
[F#] How _ _ [D#m] long will I be picking [F#] up pieces?
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _
[F#] How _ _ [D#m] long will I be picking [C#] up my heart?
_ [D#m] _ Be picking [C#] up my _ [D#m] heart.
Be picking [C#] up my heart.
_ _ [D#m] _ _
Be picking [C#] up my heart.
_ _ [D#m] _ _
Be picking [B] up my heart.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#]
Be picking [B] up my heart.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
How [F#] long in another [D#m] space and time?
Keep picking [F#] up pieces in the corner [D#m] of my mind.
[F#] How long getting your soul [D#m] heart just mine?
Keep [F#] picking up pieces in the corner [D#m] of my [F#] mind.
_ Well, _ _ [D#m] _ well, _ [F#] _ _ well, [D#m] _ _
well, [F#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] well, [F#]
well, _ well, [D#m] well, well, but still [F#] why?
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[F] _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _
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