Holding Down the Laughter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Ab][G][D][G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G]
[D][Em][Am]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Styrofoam [G]cup of mud
in my good [D]hand,
[G]Disembodied voice of God
in the trash can
[D]Eyes in the ashes,
feeling for the future
Sleeping through the steak- out,
researching the rumor

[Verse 2]
[G]My old motor and mattress of memories
First you were embarrassed,
but how could you not be
[D]Tangled in teenage mum at the movies
Your voice ran out out of words
It was awkward [Bm]and homey[Em][Am]

[Verse 3]
[G]Gospel in your belly, they aim a little lower
Back into the bleachers,
Spoke as it's [D]owner
Sindicate a sermon you sang
from the raptors
Anchors in you pockets,

[Verse 4]
holding down the laughter
[G]Tearing up your mind,
your lust and your ego
Slingshot a martyr to speed your libido
[D]Perish grows to jelly,
blissful and wasted
Your fish knew I consult them
pictures of you [B]naked?[Em]
[Am]You're[G]

[Verse 5]
[C]complicating your
wor[G]st mixed messes
You [C]built them burned
[G]to bridge
And scattered all your [C]crumbs at the cliff
She want[D]s me,
she'll [G]swim for it

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

[Verse 6]
[G]Brother, can you spare your
arms or your arrows?
Thunder clap's arising,
I think [Ab]that [G]I should
Go [D]home

[Verse 7]
To the days when, [D]back barns,
it melts me
Nineteen- ninety- six and your
waiting there to tell me
[G]I didn't die, you dreamt it, you dreamt it
I'm as alive as your backward intentions
[D]Sorry that I tricked you, you had to focus
Put yourself together, clear out,
you [B]got this
[Em][Am][G]

[Verse 8]
But for [C]all that effort
[G]The slow burned struggle
I [C]forgot where you live

[Verse 9]
She swept away [G]the clues
from the cliff, your lost now
She [D]swept away the [C]clues from the cliff,
your [D]lost now
She swept away the [C]clues from the cliff,
[D]your lost now
She swept away the [C]clues from the cliff,
your [D]lost now

[Verse 10]
Remembering
[E]She swept away the clues from
the cliff, your lost now
She swept away the clues from the cliff,
your lost now
She [A]swept away the clues
from the cliff, your lost now
She swept away [C]the clues from the cliff,
your lost now

[Outro 1]
Remembering
[G][D][G][D][C][D][C][D]
[G]