48 Escapisms

 
C               G 
Going on fourty-eight 
      A                      F 
There feels theres a lot at stake 
         C              G 
Theres a lot I have to hate 
   F 
My mind just needs a break 
    C 
Im on a line 
        G 
And Im not alright 
A 
This is mine and 
   F 
It comes at night 
 

 
   C 
Oh whelp I asked for help 
G  F 
Oh shit 
F   A 
Not this 
G   C 
Not yet 
 

 
       C            G                   F 
Youre insecure and scared about the dishonor 
   C             G         A          F 
So clean up your blood and go to your plug 
    C           G            F 
Get soaring and go enjoy the boys 
C           G             A            F 
Look at the trees and may God give you speed 
         C           G               A                  F 
And its okay if you never feel safe except when youre home 
        C        G             A                 F 
And you feel so alone, and you know won't be the first to go 
        C         G                    F 
And you know were meant to give them a show 
 

 
         C         G             F 
Its alright to admit youre not fine 
         C         G              A           F 
Its alright to admit that youre not at your prime 
       C             G                        F 
Youre not where you used to be and thats alright 
 

Interlude 
F G F G 

 
C         G   F 
This ones to Escapisms 
   C      G      F 
To beers and to queers 
   C    G       A    F 
To everyone and everything 
     C       G       F 
Just Keep on keeping on 
   C        G          F 
The farmers have their farms 
    C          G          F 
The bartenders have their bars 
    C         G           A         F 
The ice cream man has his ice cream truck 
    C     G        F 
And all I got were scars 
          C      G   A         F 
Theres a little man inside my head 
   C        G     F 
He tells me happy things 
C       G        A    F 
I dont know him very well 
     C        G      F 
So I hung him in the trees 
  C       G      A       F 
I find myself to be real awful 
     C           G      F 
So I shot myself in the head 
   C          G       A  F 
My minds in a million pieces 
C            G          F 
Feels id be better off dead 
 

Outro 
C                       G 
Feels Id be better off dead 
C                       F 
Feels Id be better off dead 
C          G             F 
No please, dont give me head 
      C      G          F 
I can barely get out of bed