Nailed Shut(Chords)

	        


Intro:  

Silence: 
D  A  D  G   x2 

With Bass: D  A  Bm  G   x2 

Distortion: Bm  A  G   A  


verse 1: 
D 
  I always thought I had 
  A 
a pitch black mind 
Bm 
  Surrounding voice 
          G 
change my view 
            D 
I feel fine now it is  
  A           G        G F#m Em C  
a shame how I found out 
D 
  A) When I was A kid  
      A 
I was full of hate 
Bm 
  B) Couldn't save the teenager 
     G   
that never felt blame 
D 
C) Thought I blazed A 
A              G   
path on a dead end street 
             A   G F#m Em 
Always incomplete 


Refrain 1: 
Bm           A 
  D) None of these are 
     D            F# 
an excuse for the person 
            G 
I've avoided And all 
            A 
you fuckers in denial 
Bm 
  Looks like you'll have 
to get there soon 
C(hold) 
soon to wait  


Chorus 1: 
  D 
 awhile Before 
    A 
you send me 
off in a 
Bm             G 
nailed shut box 
D 
  Before 
    A 
you send me 
off in a 
Bm             G(hold)
nailed shut box 


verse 2: 
D 
  Stopped feeling insecure  
     A 
with what was said 
Bm 
  Indifferent to the 
        G 
voice attatched to the head 
 D              A 
'What we will become 
       G         G F#m Em C  
is how we choose' 
D 
  Fight like a dumb man  
         A 
when you make him think 
Bm 
  You stay afloat for now 
    G 
but surely you'll sink 
D              A 
With synthetic friends 
      G 
Now I conclude I  
                 A  G F#m Em 
won't confide in you 


Refrain 2: 
Bm          A 
  Hypocrite please 
             D 
you know the truth 
                  
you're just too  
F# 
happy to decide it 
G 
  Like a prediction  
     A 
in a nursery ryhme 
Bm 
  To shut me up you'll 
        C(hold) 
have to wait a  
whole life  


Chorus 2: 
  D 
 time Before 
    A 
you send me 
off in a 
Bm             G 
nailed shut box 
D 
  Before 
    A 
you send me 
off in a 
Bm             G 
nailed shut box 
D 
  Before 
    A 
you send me 
off in a 
Bm             G 
nailed shut box 
D 
  Before 
    A 
you send me 
off in a 
Bm             G F#m Em C D(hold) 
nailed shut box
	        

Written by Tony Sly