Tell Tale Signs Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]God [Em]dammi[F]t A[G]my,[Am]
we're not kids [Em]any more.
You can't just keep [F]waltzing
out of my life,
[G]Leaving clothes on my bed[Am]room floor,
Like nothing really matters,
like pain doesn't [Em]hurt.
You should be more [F]to me by now
[G]than just heartbreak in a [Am]short skirt.

[Verse 2]
[G]You kind of remind me of scars on my
[C]arms that [F]I made when I was a kid,
[G]With a disassembled disposable
[C]razor [F]I stole from my dad,
[G]When I thought that suffering was
something pro[C]found,
That weighed [F]down on wise head[G]s,
And not just [Dm]something to be avoided,
Something [F]normal people [G]dread.[Am]

[Verse 3]
God dammit [Am]Amy,
well of course [Em]I've changed.
With all the [F]things I've done
and [G]the places I've been
I'd be a ma[Am]chine if I had
stayed the same.
But you're still back where we started,
you haven't changed [Em]at all.
You're still [F]trying to live like [G]a kid,
like you can [Am]always have it all.

[Verse 4]
[G]You know you kind of remind me of scars
on my [C]arms that [F]I hid as best I could,
[G]That I covered with ink, but in the
right kind [C]of light they [F]still bleed through,
[G]Showing that there are some things I just can't
[C]change no [F]matter what [G]I do:
The tell-tale signs [Dm]signs of being used,
Of being [F]trapped inside [G]of you.[Am]

[Verse 5]
[G#dim]You're a beautiful butterfly[G][Bb]
Burned with a brand[Am]ing iron
[Dm]Onto my [Am]outsides [Dm]into my insides
As [G]a simple [G#dim]sign:
To show off your own[G]ership.
[Bb]Burned into my naked s[Am]kin,
[Dm]Onto my [C]outsides [Dm]into my insides.

[Verse 6]
It's not [Dm]even love any more,
[G]It's just a c[C]laim upon my soul.
[F]It stains my [Dm]skin,
yeah it's on my [G]breath,
And I'm [C]ashamed to get undressed
[F]In front of [Dm]strangers in case they see
[G]The tell tal[C]e signs that you
[F]have left all over [Dm]me.[D]

[Verse 7]
God dammit [G]Amy.
You'll always remind me of scars on my
[C]arms that [F]I know will never fade.
[G]And it's not like it's something I think
about [C]each [F]and every day [G]-
I just occasionally catch myself scratching [C]them,
as if they'd [F]ever go [G]away.
But these tell [Dm]tale signs are here to stay,
and in the en[F]d you know that's OK.
You will [Dm]al ways be a part of my p[F]atched-up
patchwork patchwork [G]taped-up tape-deck heart.
heart.
heart.