Verse 1:
B
Your clothes in the dryer
G#m F# F#7
Your hair on the shower wall
B
Your toothbrush is too much
G#m F# F#7
Your shoes empty in the hall
B
Your keys on the counter
G#m E F#
Your dirty dish in the sink
B G#m F# F#7
Please, don't make me see these things
Verse 2:
B G#m
The books on your shelf that you never read
F# E
The hunting knife you kept by your bed
B G#m
The flowers you dried and tied up with twine
F# E
Suspended from the ceiling
Pre-Chorus
G#m F# B E
You tell me you love me, like it'll be the last time
G#m F# B E
Like you're playing out, the end of a storyline
G#m F#
I say I love you too, because it's true
B E
What else am I supposed to do?
G#m F# E
Maybe bar the door when you move to leave
G#m
I think you mean what you say
F# B E
When you say you wanna die
G#m
I think you mean what you say
F# B E
When you say you want to stay alive
Bridge:
B
Quit your job
F#
Cut your hair
E
Get a dog
B
Change your name
F#
Change your mind
E
Change your ways
Give them time
G#m F#
Go back to school, go back to sleep
B E
Tell the secret you can't keep
G#m F#
Begin, be done
B E
Break a vow, make a new one
G#m F# B E
Call me if you need a friend, or never talk to me again
Final
B G#m F# E
But please stay
B G#m F# E
But please stay
B G#m F# E
But please stay
B G#m F# E
But please
Stay