Beating St Louis Cifras

[Intro]
E C#m G#m
 
[Verse 1]
E           C#m                G#m
For all the excuses we use for destroying our lives
E                C#m               G#m
Was it two and a half years of bad timing?
 
[Verse 2]
A                           G#m
We fought in streets of our neighborhood
A                           G#m
Like drunk tornados tearing plains we fell
A                             G#m                 E
Till our skulls shattered the concrete of St. Louis
 
[Verse 3]
    E                C#m
Who knows who’s been keepin' tabs?
    G#m
Who struck the first blow?
  E             C#m            G#m
A bitter boxing Bukowski won’t explain us now
 
[Verse 4]
A                  G#m
Can’t see you as a child no more
A                     G#m
Can’t see you in your mother's home
A              B                       E
Catching frogs my orphan when you felt brand new
 
A                  B
Can’t see you as a child no more
A                     B
Can’t see you in your mother's home
A              B                       C#m
Catching frogs my orphan when you felt brand new
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E                                C#m
Was it a waste of time? Was it a waste?
      G#m
Oh oh oh
E                                  C#m
Was it a waste of crying? Was it a waste?
        G#m
I don’t know (I don't know)
 
[Chorus]
A                     G#m
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A                             G#m
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A                     G#m                      E
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean
A                     G#m
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A                             G#m
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A                     B                      C#m
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean
 
[Break]
E  C#m  G#m  (x2)
 
[Verse 5]
E           C#m                         G#m
I raised my fists to the motion of your dying car
E                     C#m               G#m
Till all of the city, St. Louis drowned around me
 
[Verse 6]
A                     G#m
Our shovel left in disgust
A                                  G#m
We watched Law and Order, till our shame grew numb
          A                       G#m                E
While the drummer danced with the devil in his underoos
A                     G#m
Our shovel left in disgust
A                                  G#m
We watched Law and Order, till our shame grew numb
          A                       B                C#m
While the drummer danced with the devil in his underoos
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E                                C#m
Was it a waste of time? Was it a waste?
      G#m
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
E                                  C#m
Was it a waste of crying? Was it a waste?
        G#m
I don’t know (I don't know)
 
[Chorus]
A                     G#m
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A                             G#m
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A                     B                      E
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean
A                     G#m
Cry cry till you eyes don’t close
A                             G#m
Cry cry if you can make it to another show
A                     B                      C#m
Cause we both believe the Midwest can use an ocean
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