Bad Habit(Chords)

	        Ab 
Biting keeps your words at bay 
Eb7M 
Tending to the sores that stay 
Ab                  Eb7M 
Happiness is just a gash away 
       Ab 
When I open a familiar scar 
Eb7M 
Pain goes shooting like a star 
Abm                             Eb7M 
Comfort hasn't failed to follow so far 

Cm7                    Eb7M 
And you might say it's self-indulgent 
Cm7               Eb7M 
You might say its self-destructive 
Cm7                Eb7M 
But, you see, it's more productive 
Cm7                 Ab7M 
Than if I were to be healthy 

Ab 
And pens and penknives take the blame 
Eb7M 
Crane my neck and scratch my name 
Ab 
But the ugly marks 
              Eb7M 
Are worth the momentary gain 
       Abm 
When I jab a sharpened object in 
Eb7M 
Choirs of angels seem to sing 
Abm                  Eb7M 
Hymns of hate in memorandum 

Cm7                    Eb7M 
And you might say it's self-indulgent 
Cm7                    Eb7M 
And you might say it's self-destructive 
Cm7                    Eb7M 
But, you see, it's more productive 
Cm7                 Ab7M 
Than if I were to be happy 

Fm                    Ab 
And sappy songs about sex and cheating 
Fm                    Ab 
Bland accounts of two lovers meeting 
Fm                            Ab7M 
Make me want to give mankind a beating 

( Eb7M  Ab  Eb7M ) 

Cm7                    Eb7M 
And you might say it's self-destructive 
Cm7               Eb7M 
But, you see, I'd kick the bucket 
Cm7                           Ab7M 
Sixty times before I'd kick the habit 

    Ab 
And as the skin rips off 
  Eb7M 
I cherish the revolting thought 
     Abm 
That even if I quit 
              Eb7M 
There's not a chance in hell I'd stop 
Abm 
And anyone can see the signs 
Eb7M 
Mittens in the summertime 
Abm                             Eb7M 
Thank you for your pity, you are too kind 

Cm7                   Eb7M 
And you might say its self-inflicted 
Cm7                 Eb7M 
But you see, that's contradictive 
Cm7         
Why on earth would anyone 
             Ab7M 
Practice self-destruction? 

Fm                    Ab 
And pain opinions are sitcom feeding 
Fm                        Ab 
They dont know that their minds are teething 
Fm                             Ab7M 
Makes me want to give mankind a beating 

( Eb7M  Ab  Eb7M ) 

Ab 
I've tried bandages and sinking 
Eb7M 
I've tried gloves and even thinking 
Abm            Eb7 
I've tried vaseline 
Abm             Eb7M 
I've tried everything 

Fm                     Ab 
And none cares if your back is bleeding 
Fm                           Ab 
They're concerned with their hair receding 
Fm                      Ab 
Looking back, it was all maltreating 
Fm                   Ab 
Every thought that occurred misleading 
Fm                           Ab7M 
Makes me want to give myself a beating 

Final Eb7M  Ab  G
	        

Written by Amanda Palmer