Waste Of Paint Chords by Bright Eyes

[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] I have a [B] friend, he's [C] mostly made of [F] paint
Then [C] he wakes up, tries to work, [F] and straight back [G] [C] home again
[F] _ _ [C] He once [B] cut one of my nightmares out [C] of paper
[F] _ _ [C] I thought it was beautiful, I [F] put it on a [C] record cover
_ [F] _ And [G] I tried to tell him that he had [C] a sense
Of [G] color and composition so [C] magnificent
_ And he [F] said, [G] thank you, please, but your _ flattery
[Am] Is truly not becoming [G] me
Your eyes are poor, your blinds you see
No [F] beauty [G] [F] could have come [G] from me
I'm [C] a waste _ [F]
of [C] _ breath, _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] space, _ [C] _ time
[F] _
_ _ [C] I knew [F] a woman, she was [C] dignified and true
[F] _ [C] And her love for a [F] man was one of [C] her many _ [F] virtues
_ _ [C]
Until one day [F] she found out that [C] he had lied
[F] _
_ [Am] And she decided the rest of her [F] life from that [C] point on would be a [F] lie
But [G] she was grateful for everything [C] that had happened _
[G] And she was anxious, brother, what [C] will come next?
_ [F#] But then [G] she left, what did you expect?
[F] In that [G] big old house [A] with the car [G] she kept
[Am] And such [G] is life, she [Am] often said
With one [G] day leading to the next
[Am] You get a [G] little closer [F#] to your [G] death
But she [F] was fine [G] with her, she never got upset
And with all the days she [Am] may [G] have left
She [Am] would never [G]
clean [Am] [G] another [Am] mess
Or fold [G] his shirts or look her best
She was [C] free _ [F] to _ [C]
waste [F] _ _ _ [C] away _ [F] _
_ [C] alone
_ [F] _ _ [B] _ [C]
Last [F] night my brother, he got [C] drunk and drove
[F] _
[B] And [C] this cop, he [F] pulled him off to the [C] side of the [B] road
And he [C] said, officer, [F] officer, you got [C] the wrong [F] man
[C] No, no, I'm a student of medicine, [F] a son of a [C] banker, you don't _ [F]
understand
[G] The cop said no one got hurt, you should [C] be thankful
_ [G] And your carelessness, it is [C] something awful
_ And no, [G] I can't [Am] just let you [G] [D] go
And though [G] your father's name is known
Your decisions now are yours [F] alone
And you're [G] nothing but [Am] a [G] stepping stone
[C] On a path from [F] _ _ _ [C] debt [F]
to _ [C] _ loss [F] to _ [C] _
shame
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] The last few [F] months I've been living [C] with this couple
_ [F] Yeah, [C] you know the [F] kind who buy [C] everything in [F] doubles _
[C] Oh, they fit [F] together [C] like a _ [F] puzzle
[C] And I [F] love their love and I am [C] thankful
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ Someone actually received the [C] prize that was promised _ _
[G] By all those fairy tales [C] that drugged us
And they still [G] do me, [F] I'm [G] sick lonely, no laurel tree
Just green envy, [A] will my number [G] come up [Am] [G] eventually
Like love's some kind of lottery
Where you [F] [G] scratch and see [F] what's [G] underneath _
_ [C] It's sorry, _ _ [F] _ just [C] one [G] cherry
[F] I'll play again, _ [C] if you're lucky
[F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ So I've been hanging [F] out down by the [C] train's [F] depot
_ [C]
No, I don't [F] ride, I just sit and watch [C] the people [F] there
_ [C] And they remind [F] me of wind-up cars [C] in motion
[F] _ _ [C] The way they spin and [F] turn and jockey [C] for positions
[F] _ _ _
[G] And I wanna scream out that it [C] all is _ nonsense
[G] Oh, your life's one track, can't you see [C] it's pointless
_ Just [G] then my knees [Am] give under [G] me, my head feels weak
[Am] And [G] suddenly it's clear to see it's not them but me
Who's [Am] lost my self _
[G]-identity as I hide behind [Am] these [G] books
I read [F] while [G] scribbling my [F] _ [G] poetry
[F] Like art [G] could save a [F] [G] wretch like me
With some ideal ideology _ that [F] no [G] one could hope [Am] to [G] achieve
And [F] I'm never [G] real, it's [F] just a [G] sketch of me
And [Am] everything [G] I've made [F] is trite [C] and cheap
And a waste [F] of _ [C] paint [F] and _ [C] _ tape
[F] So _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ now I park my car down by the cathedral
[F] Where _ [C] _ the floodlights point up at the _ [F] _ steeples
[C] _
Quiet [F] practice was filling up [C] with [F] people
_ _ [C] _ I hear the sound escaping as an [F] echo
_ [C] Sloping off the ceiling at an _ [F] angle
[C] And when the [F] voices blend they sound [C] like _ [F] angels
[C] I _ hope there's [F] some room still [C] in the middle
[F] But _ [G] _ when I lift my voice up now [C] to reach them _ _
[G] The range is too high way up [C] in heaven
_ [Am] And so I hold [G] my tongue, [F] forget [G] the [B] song
Tie [G] my shoes, [Am] start walking [G] off
And try to just [F] keep [G] moving on with my [F] broken [G] heart
[F] In my absence [G] God, [F] I have [G] no faith
[F] But it's all [G] I want to be [C] loved _
[F] _ [C] And believe _ [B] _
[C] in my _ [B] soul
[C] In my _
[F] soul
[C] _ _ [F] In my _
[G#] soul
[F] _ _ [C] In my _
[F] soul
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [N] _