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C           F 
Salt in the wound 
Dm               G 
Dropped from the typical height 
C              F 
Im not in the mood 
   Dm                   G 
No not on a difficult night 
   C               F 
Or some afternoon 
        Dm        G 
While I wait in a busy self check out 
C 
line 
     F           Dm 
And keep making room 
        G 
For the people behind 
 

 
     C            F 
Im outside, Im pouting 
     Dm             G 
Im tough skin, Im waking up tired 
    C             F 
Im capsized, Im drowning 
      Dm            G 
Dont touch me, Im holding the wire 
    C               F 
And please dont remind me 
    Dm         G 
Im finally alright 
    C             F 
Oh please I dont need 
         Dm           G 
All of these traffic lights 
 

 
C               F 
Salt in the wound 
Dm          G 
Said by the usual type 
  C                   F 
Like aint that the truth 
    Dm                    G 
Oh sweetheart, wow, you really look like 
       C             F 
You thought it all through 
           Dm              G 
Or you thought youd feel differently now 
     C                   F       Dm 
But babe we thought you knew 
              G 
That this is how it goes down. 
 

 
     C           F 
Im outside, Im pouting 
     Dm             G 
Im tough skin, Im waking up tired 
     C             F 
Im capsized, Im drowning 
      Dm             G 
Dont touch me, Im holding the wire 
     C              F 
And please dont remind me 
    Dm         G 
Im finally alright 
      C            F 
Oh please I dont need 
         Dm              G 
All of these traffic lights 
 

 
C                 F 
Ill never be strong 
                 Dm 
I cant make the time 
                  G 
The waitlist got long 
                  C 
While I played inside 
               F 
My timing got bad 
              Dm 
I cry on the drive 
            G 
I only get mad 
                  C 
With no where to hide 
                 F 
And what comes around was 
            Dm 
looking for me 
              G 
I painted my face to match what I 
C 
see 
                 F 
To match what I see 
             Dm     G   C 
To match what I see  

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C             F 
Salt in the wound 
Dm            G 
Paired with a casual sight 
C                 F 
I just cant look through 
C      Dm       G 
Why oh why, on tonight of all nights? 
 

 
     C            F 
Im outside, Im pouting 
    Dm              G 
Im tough skin, Im waking up tired 
    C             F 
Im capsized, Im drowning 
      Dm            G 
Dont touch me, Im holding the wire 
    C               F 
And please dont remind me 
    Dm         G 
Im finally alright 
    C              F 
Oh please I dont need 
       Dm              G     C  F  Dm 
All of these traffic lights 
G           C         F  Dm 
No no no no no no no 
           G      C       F 
Oh I dont need anymore 
Dm         G         C 
Oh I dont need anymore 
F      Dm 
Oh no, no more 
G        C 
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