Running Out of Ink Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I[C][F]
[D]sto[G]ppe[D]d into a club[G]
I thought I'd see [C]a show
Everyone was [F]there
At least everyone I [D]know
Their knickers in [G]a knot
Their hands upon their [C]heart
The best they'd ever [F]seen
The greatest work of [D]art
I wished that it was [G]me

[Verse 2]
It's bleaker than [C]you think[Cm]
I'm running out [G]of ink
Give a guy a [C]break
[Cm]This is what it [G]takes[D]
To drive a man to [G]drink[D]

[Verse 3]
A party at [G]a friend's
Toronto's coolest [C]scene
I thought I'd bring [F]a tape
To show them where I'd [D]been
And listen for [G]a while
The lyrics made [C]them smile
They said that it was [F]fine
Although it's not [D]the style
I said it wasn't [G]me
[D]Once upon a

[Verse 4]
[G]time
I couldn't get [C]enough
Until I made it [F]big
And that's when it [D]got rough
Disappointed [G]now
Perhaps a bit sur[C]prised
To look them in [F]the face
And see it in their [D]eyes
They wish it wasn't [G]me

[Verse 5]
It's bleaker than you [C]think[Cm]
I'm running out of [G]ink
Give a guy a [C]break
[Cm]This is [G]what it [D]takes
To drive a man to drink
[G]

[Verse 6]
[D]
I used to hold [G]you close
You used to tell [C]me things
You never told [F]a soul
Until you heard [Dm]me sing
[D]The details of you[G]r life
Condensed into [C]a song
The neighbor and his wife
[F]Work out and sing alo[D]ng
And you can't look [G]at me

[Verse 7]
It's bleaker than you [C]think[Cm]
I'm running [F]out [G]of ink
Give a guy a [C]break
[Cm]This is what it [G]takes[D]
To drive a man to [G]drink
[D]

[Verse 8]
[Am]
Could song [Em]be an a[G]libi
A lyric re[F]placement for [Em]falling [Am]in love
But now that the [Em]well is [C]dry
I can't under[F]stand what I've [E]been
singing [A]of[Am]
[Adim][F#dim]

[Verse 9]
[F#dim]Do you know w[Em]hat it is to [B]love?[Em][Ebdim]
[Adim]To reall[B]y[Em]
[Ebdim]love?[F#dim]
[Adim]To reall[B]y love[Em].
[Ebaug]Do I?[B]

[Interlude 1]
[B][Em][B]

[Verse 10]
[G]I cycled by your house
I saw you on [C]the lawn
I see you all the [F]time
Now that you are [D]gone
I tried to call your [G]name
But something made [C]me stop
I call you once a [F]day
Until you call [D]the cops
And told them it was [G]me
[D]I filled a plastic

[Verse 11]
[G]bag
With everything I [C]wrote
I threw it off a [F]bridge
And thought that it would [D]float.
The water made [G]it sink
The bag was bleeding [C]ink.
I wished that I [F]could swim
I wished that I could [D]drink
I wished that it was [G]me.

[Verse 12]
It's bleaker than you [C]think[Cm]
I'm running out of [G]ink
Give a guy a [C]break[Cm]
This is what [G]it takes
To drive a man to drink
[C]I'm runnin[Cm]g out of ink[G]
Give a guy a [C]break
This [Cm]is what it ta[G]kes[D]
To drive a man [G]to drink[D]
To drive a man to [G]drink
[D]To drive a man [G]to drink