The Zolas

Escape Artist(Chords)

The Zolas

Key: C

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Intro: C Em G D (2x)

          C              Em  
My alter-ego.  Hes an escape artist,  
         G                    D 
hes only truly happy when hes under arrest. 
          C                      C   C/B Em 
oh how he handsome, scheduled to hang to death 
         G                  D 
Hes only truly happy at the precipice.  

(Listen to the song to get the strumming pattern) 

           Em                   G 
Hes like a mirror.  He sticks into our ears 
        Em                        G 
a stethoscope to the chest of the vacant years. 
        Em                       G 
I cant escape the chair, Im etherized with fear  
        C                 
that my only talent is in  

E|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------|  
G|--------0---4--------4---2---0--| 
D|----2---------------------------| 
A|-2------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 

Hanging here, but then its Bm G (Can also play hanging here, but then its) G Bm C Hey boy, Ive got your man hes right here Bm putty in my hands G ice cream and sweets, Bm coming in the sheets C Em he got no excuse to leave.
E|-7-5-3--| 
B|--------| 
G|--------| 
D|--------| 
A|--------| 
E|--------| 

C Em but in the real world, an intertidal cave, G D I ride a desk chair waiting for a tidal wave C Am C Em I feel like dancing, but that is miles away C D Im feeling hard and hollow like paper mache. C Em My alter ego. Hes in a jailers cage G D he sits and waits for the devil to abet his escape. C C C/B Em Im sorry pastor, I cant be pasteurized. G D All of the bibles in the world for a metal file. C Em At every clock strike, he hears the jailers keys G D and the doubt starts to sprout til hes on his knees. C Em G Em and he remembers like its his mothers call G D to feel his hand find a grip at the top of the wall. C G and I want to feel it, I want to feel the fire C G of the leftover sun on the roofing tiles. C G I want to feel it, I want to feel the fire C of the leftover sun on the
E|----0---3---7--------7---5---3--| 
B|-0------------------------------|  
G|--------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 

D (Can also play Roofing tiles, But still its) G Bm C Hey boy, Ive got your man hes right here Bm putty in my hands G ice cream and sweets, Bm coming in the sheets C Em he got no excuse to leave. G Bm C Hey boy, Ive got your man hes right here Bm putty in my hands G ice cream and sweets, Bm coming in the sheets C G he got no excuse to leave.

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