escape route Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
His [D]first kicking came on January 1st
They said, "Welcome to the club,
We'll take your shoes
and your shirt."
And he wore his nosebleed
like a red rosette
And it was a prize he would win

[Verse 2]
again and again and again.
[D]He [G]had to [D]find an escape route.
[G]

[Verse 3]
[D]
It was a rumour,
but it soon became true
When he was drunk in the suburbs
With a boy from a different school.
All his good friends soon left him for dead
Now he stands staring down
at the Clyde from a bridge

[Verse 4]
And then [D]he saw an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the [A]bitches and [D]bruises
He [G]chose Ohio [D]to run [A]to
[G][A][D]

[Interlude 1]
[C][D]
[G][D]

[Verse 5]
The name [D]came to him
just as he perched
On the amber lit bridge,
his whole face pursed
It had a ring to it [G]in American [D]songs
As a glittering release from
his crippling curse

[Verse 6]
He dreamt [D]of the place [C]of
[G]a cinem[D]atic space
And all the pointing fingers
[G]they just melted [A]away[D]
But who knows,
maybe he'll never [G]take [A]flight
But he [D]swears [G]Ohio [D]pulled him
from the [G]bridge [D]that night

[Verse 7]
[D]
And it became an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and beatings
Midwestern chest [G]to fall [D]into[A][G][A]
[D]

[Interlude 2]
[F#m][G][Bm][D][F#m][G][F#m]

[Verse 8]
[D]Some are saved by the [Bm]good arms
[G]Some are [D]saved by [Em]the church
[D]Some get saved by [F#m]the skin of their teeth
By [G]the thought that it couldn't
get [F#m]much w[D]orse

[Verse 9]
Some are saved by [F#m]professors
Some [G]are saved by [Bm]police
[D]Some get saved by a [F#m]distant place
By an im[G]possible American [D]dream
[F#m]We all need an es

[Verse 10]
[D]cape
[G]route[D][A][D]
We [G]all need an es[D]cape route
[A]From the pun[G]ches and[A] kick[G]s
The fingernails and [Bm]the pricks
All the sharp little [D]knives
In the dark pockets [A]of life
From the bitches and [G]bruises
From the burden of [D]youth
The public hangings an[A]d stonings
Save us from fellow hu[Bm]mans
[G]Jus[A]t give us an escape route