Massachusetts

	  		

Intro: Am G C G 


Verse 1:
 
              Am 
She's cutting out the bruises, 
   F             G               Am 
Forgetting her excuses for being here again 
       F                   C       G      Am 
with a suitcase packed and waiting by the door. 
                F                  G               Am 
In her head, convinced herself she hasn't lost enough to quit. 
      F                   C 
But tonight she lays here thinking, 
 G       F C    G 
"What if I just left 
       Am     G      F 
In the middle of the night 
C           G 
Back to California 
    Am G 
And never look back?" 



Am            F 
  She'll fantasize about it 
C            G                 F 
every single day but she can't find it 
       G             Am 
in her heart to run away, 
    C 
and no one's listening. 
Am              F 
  With Northern Massachusetts, 
C                G 
on his knees to stay, he's begging, 
 F               G               Am 
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain. 
                 F G 
It won't happen again." 




Verse 2:
 
             Am 
He's putting out the fires 
         F            C 
and he's making her believe 
     G      Am 
he's really changed this time; 
         F            G              Am 
But it's obvious it's just another lie, lapse and relapse. 
     F               C        G 
And again she lays beside him thinking, 
 F    C  G           Am     G      F 
"I'll pretend in the middle of the night, 
   C                     G 
my eyes are closed, I'm sleeping, 
Am               G 
But I won't come back." 



Am            F 
  She'll fantasize about it 
C            G                 F 
every single day but she can't find it 
       G             Am 
in her heart to run away, 
    C 
And no one's listening. 
Am              F 
  With Northern Massachusetts, 
C                G 
On his knees to stay, he's begging, 
 F               G               Am 
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain. 
                 Ad lib: Am G F G 
It won't happen again... It won't happen again" 



Bridge:
 
Am 
  How long can this last? 
G#m 
  The final straw was the hospital. 
F 
  At least she told herself that. 
          G 
But she just can't find the strength to end it. 
 F C    G           Am     G      F 
"I just left in the middle of the night, 
C           G 
Back to California, 
    Am G 
And never look back..." 



Am            F 
  She'll fantasize about it 
C            G                 F 
every single day but she can't find it 
       G             Am 
in her heart to run away, 
    C 
And no one's listening. 
Am              F 
  With Northern Massachusetts, 
C                G 
On his knees to stay, he's begging, 
 F               G               Am 
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain. 
   C 
It won't happen again" 


Am            F 
  She'll fantasize about it 
C            G                 F 
every single day but she can't find it 
       G             Am 
in her heart to run away, (to run away...) 
    C 
And no one's listening. 
Am              F 
  With Northern Massachusetts, 
C                G  (ON his knees to stay...)  
On his knees to stay, he's begging, 
 F               G               Am 
"Please, oh baby please, I can explain. 
                 Am 
It won't happen again"