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
When [C] he wakes up, tries [B] to work, I straight back [C] home again
[F] He [C] _ once [B] cut one of my nightmares out [C] of paper
[F] _ I [C] 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
_ [G] Of color and composition so [C] magnificent
_ And [F] he said, [G] thank you, please, but your _ flattery is
[Am] _ [G] _ Truly not becoming me, your eyes are poor
Your blinds you [F] see, no 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 a woman, she was 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 he [C] had [F] lied
_ [Am] And she decided the rest of her [F] life from that [C] point on would be a [F] lie
_ _ [G] But she was grateful for everything [C] that had happened _
[G] And she was anxious for all that would [C] come next
_ [F#] But then [G] she wept, what did you expect
In that big old house [F] with the car [G] she kept
[Am] And such [G] is life, she often said, [Am] with one [G] day leading
To the next, [Am] you get a [G] little closer [F#] to your [G] death
Which [F] was fine [G] with her, [F] she never got [G] upset
And with all the days she [F] may [G] have left, she [F] would never [G]
clean
[Am] [G] Another [Am] mess, her [G] folded shirts, her look, her vest
She [C] was free _ [F] _ _ [C] to 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 pulled [F] him off to the [C] side of the road
[F] 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 banker, you don't _ understand
[G] The cop said, no one got hurt, you should [C] be thankful
_ [G] And your carelessness, it is [C] something awful
_ And [G] no, I can't [F] just let you [G] [D] go, and though [G] your father's name is known
Your decisions now are yours [F] alone, you're [G] nothing but [Am] a [G] stepping stone
On [C] 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 everything [C] 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?
[F] Like [G] love's some kind of _ lottery, where you [F] [G] scratch and see
[F] What's [G] underneath, _ [C] it's sorry
_ [F] _ [C] Just one [F] cherry, I'll play again, _ [C] get lucky
[F] So _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ I've been hanging [F] out down [C] by the train's [F] depot
_ [C]
No, I don't [B] 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 give under me, my head feels weak
[Am] And [G] suddenly it's clear to see it's not them but me
Who's [Am] lost [Em] my [A] self _
[G]-identity as I hide behind [F] 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 [Am] hope to [G] achieve
And [F] I'm never [G] real, it's [F] just a [G] sketch of me
And [F] everything [G] I've made [F] is trite [G] and cheap
[C] And a waste _ [F] _ [C] of paint, _ [F] _ _ [C] tape, _ [F] _ _
_ [C] time
[F] So _ [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 people
[F] _
_ _ [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] games
_ [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
_ And [Am] so I hold [G] my tongue, [F] forget [G] the [F] song
Tie [G] my shoes, [Am] start walking [G] off
And try to just [F] keep [G] moving on
With [F] my broken [G] heart [F] and my absent [G] God
[Dm] And I have no [G] faith, but [F] it's all [G] I want
[C] To be loved _
[F] _ [C] and _ [F] believe
_ [C]
In my _ [B] soul, [C] in my _
[F] soul
[C] _ _ [F] In my [C] soul, _ [F] _ _ [C] in my _
[F] soul
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [N] _