You're Trailing Yourself Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The sputtering blink of the
[Baug]street l[G]am[Baug]p
[G]Makes [Am]you taller,
then [D]shrinks you, then splits you in half
So you're trail[C]ing [D]yourself on your
walk to the pay [G]phone[Baug]
Your pockets [D]weighted down with quarters
and [C]the hope [D]that no one's [G]home
You spray paint cinnamon on [Am]vines [B]and key
[A]the[C#dim] cars you[A] pass by[D]
[B]Your ears burn and your voice
don't [Ebdim]sound rig[G]ht

[Verse 2]
[G]
So you spend the next week
playing weakened
Rolling [Am]three men alone in the
dark of your kitchen
Your apart[C]ment can't [D]talk so
it's safe for your [G]secrets
All [Am]the stories you've invested with [C]a
mas[D]ochist, menacing mean[G]ing
Those tired tricks that [C]you play[C#dim]
to graph the life to [D]your name
And you know it's [Ebdim]not yours but for now it's

[Interlude 1]
okay
[Am][D][G][C][Am][D][G]
[Am][D][G][C][Am][D][G]

[Verse 3]
You wake and [G]cut your initials
in cheap glass
To mark [Am]a space for yourself when your
time here has passed
When you're drifted [C]and [Am]done,
[D]trading danger for distan[G]ce
All those [Am]rocks that rope your neck are finally
[C]nameless and weight[D]less and face[G]less
And [Baug]you strip the sting from the [G]stains[Am][C][C#dim]
that bleed the life from [D]your face
Your cheeks [Ebdim]will burn [Eb]red on
[Ebdim]a pure pe[G]rfect day
[Em]