Scarecrow

Intro 

Dm  Am   F   C   G  N.C. 


 
    Dm            Am 
The corners of my mind 
                          F 
They lie shattered on the ground 
                           C 
And if I stay here for too long 
                               G 
They'll cut too deep for me to stand 
        Dm                 Am 
I could pick the pieces up 
                                F 
And place my mind back shard by shard 
                                     C 
But there's no adhesive strong enough 
                    G 
To keep me holding on 



              Dm           Am 
But there's a difference between being fine 
                 F 
And holding it together 
                        C                      G 
I'm just trying my best to survive til morning 
              Dm           Am 
And there's a difference between loving you 
                     F 
And dealing with the shit you do 
                         C                         G 
Sometimes it's better to be miserable, than lonely 
         Dm         Am                               F 
And if I only had a brain, said the scarecrow to the bird. 
                        C 
Then I'd find the words to say 
                          G 
So that you wouldn't fly away. 
  Dm            Am 
I wish I were a tin man, 
                          F 
Then I'd have no heart to break. 
                            C 
But I'm afraid that I'm the lion 
                      G 
With no pride left to take. 


Interlude 

Dm  Am   F   C   G  N.C. 



    Dm            Am 
The whiskey on my breath 
                         F 
Speaks the story I won't tell 
                     C 
If anyone should ask 
                          G 
I'll always say I'm doing well 
      Dm           Am 
Cause I'm nobody's fool 
                    F 
As long as Nobody's your name 
                   C 
Picture perfect is the portrait 
                     G 
Hanging in the frame 



              Dm           Am 
But there's a difference between being fine 
                 F 
And holding it together 
                        C                      G 
I'm just trying my best to survive til morning 
              Dm           Am 
And there's a difference between loving you 
                     F 
And dealing with the shit you do 
                         C                         G 
Sometimes it's better to be miserable, than lonely 
         Dm         Am                               F 
And if I only had a brain, said the scarecrow to the bird. 
                        C 
Then I'd find the words to say 
                          G 
So that you wouldn't fly away. 
  Dm            Am 
I wish I were a tin man, 
                          F 
Then I'd have no heart to break. 
                            C 
But I'm afraid that I'm the lion 
                      G 
With no pride left to take. 


 
        Dm 
And I'm terrified to fall 
            G 
I've never been the kind to risk it all 
     C          Bb 
On unfavorable odds 
     F 
It's never worth the cost you pay 
  E 
A fine line on a tightrope 
E 
No net to catch your blunder 
E 
If you topple it won't matter 
E 
You'll be buried six feet under 



     Dm         Am                               F 
If I only had a brain, said the scarecrow to the bird. 
                        C 
Then I'd find the words to say 
                          G 
So that you wouldn't fly away. 
  Dm            Am 
I wish I were a tin man, 
                          F 
Then I'd have no heart to break. 
                            C 
But I'm afraid that I'm the lion 
                      G  Fm 
With no pride left to take. 


Outro 

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