Long On Diagnosis, Short On Cure Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Gsus4][C][Gsus4][C][F][Am][Gsus4][C][F]

[Verse 1]
[F]Last night
[Gsus4]I heard t[Am]his old guy play the [Dm]guita[Gsus4]r[F]
[Dm]He could p[Am]ush you with the music,
he could[C]n't take you [F]far
But [Dm]he would push you with his writing,
and he'd [G]always hide [Am]his love[G]
Just had one [F]question for him, mister,
have you [G]ever been
convicted of [Gsus4]theft?
[C]Cause he'd say,
this one's close to [Bb]dy ing,
[Dm]this one's [C]fine
[F]This one's past the turn[G]ing point,
he's crossed the [Am]line[G]
Now, he was [C]awful good at [Bb]triage,
that's for [Dm]sure
[C]But he was [F]long on diagnos[Dm]is
and [C]short on [G]cure
A long [Am]-winded conversation
in [Gsus4]a dorm room la[F]te at night
Our hearts laid [Am]open under pale,
[Gsus4]unnatural light[C][F]
I raised the [Dm]prospect of hope eternal
I [G]was laughed at and [Am]scorned
[G]They rolled [F]their eyes like
dice on the [G]table,
but their number was [C]forlorn.
They'd say, this one's close to dy[Bb]ing,
that one's [Dm]fine.
[C]This [F]one's past the turn[G]ing point,
he's crossed the [Am]line[G]
Now they were [C]awful good at [Bb]triage,
[Dm]that's for sure
[C]But they were [F]long diagnosis
[G]and sho[C]rt on cur[G]e
Now you can [Dm]take your chance,
beat your [G]fists on [Gsus4]the boards [Dm]of despair
[G]You [Gsus2]end up with
[Dm]splinters in your knuckles
is thinking [Gsus2]that I'm [G]just
un[Dm]fair.[Gsus2][G]
You can [F]crawl to the altar of sad[G]ness
and starve at the [F]base,[Gsus2]
an[G]d then dev[F]our your history
in the [C]shadows of misery
and [Dm]blow away in the breeze
[G]Without a [Gsus4]trace[C]
Now you've been close to dy[Bb]ing
In fact, you've crossed [Dm]the line
[C]You've [F]done sail right past
the turn[G]ing point
Thinking everything's [Am]fine[G]
But when the [C]gas runs out
and you're [Bb]sittin' there stone [Dm]cold
[C]You think I was [F]young
when all this [Dm]started
and [C]now I'm [G]old
But when the [C]doctor pushes
the [Bb]triage crew [Dm]aside
[C]He says you're all [F]on diagnos[Dm]is
an[C]d short on c[G]ure
He turns to [F]you and says,
come [C]on darling we can make [Dm]this
[C]Yes I'm [G]sure[F][C]
Hmmmm [Dm]hmmmm [C]hmmmm.[F][C][Dm][C][F][C]
[Dm]
[G][C][C]
We are now entering upper Session Road