Picking Up Pieces Chords by Blue October

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