Chords for Picking Up Pieces

_ _ [D#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ I [B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ really need to [C#] 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 [C#] stick of glue, but I [D#m] don't feel perfect at all.
Sad and insecure flaw.
[F#] I find it hard to hold [C#] 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 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, awake and 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 long [D#m] will I be picking [B] up my heart?
_ [C#] _ _ Listen, [F#] I'll be as honest [C#] as I feel.
I feel [D#m] 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.
It's [D#m] just so heavy all the time. _ _ _
[F#] I'm scared of death, I'm [C#] scared of living. _
[D#m] I 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] still.
Sometimes I feel [F#] like weeping, awake and 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] _ _ Picking [C#] up my heart.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ Picking [B] up my heart.
_ [C#] _ _ Picking [B] up my heart.
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ Picking [B] up my [F#] heart.
_ [C#] _ _ _
[B] 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 up so [D#m] hard to find?
Keep picking [F#] up pieces in the corner [D#m] of my mind.
Come [F#] on!
Whoa!
_ _ [D#m] _ Whoa! _
[F#] Whoa!
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [D#] _ _
[F#] _ Whoa!
_ [D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ But _ [D#m] _ [F#] still, whoa!
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
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