Its All Futile Its All Pointless Cifras

Capo on 2nd fret
 
When strumming the muted verses (Verses 1, most of 2 and 4), use the same pattern as intro but palm mute
and lift palm slightly to let the treble strings ring out on the stressed strums
 
For first pre-chorus, use intro strumming pattern (except Gm/D chord, use all down strokes)
 
For second pre-chorus use chorus strumming pattern (still all down strokes for Gm/D chord)
 
** - single strum and mute
*** - single strum and let ring
 
 
[Chords]
 
A         x02220
Aadd4/B   x20220
A/C#      x4222x
Dsus2/B   x20230
F#m       244222
F#m/F     223222
F#m11     222222
Dmaj7*    xx1222
Dmaj7     xx0222
Gm/D      xx0333
Bm        224432
 
 
[Intro]
A  Aadd4/B  A/C#  Dsus2/B  x2
 
[Verse 1]
A           Aadd4/B                 A/C#   Dsus2/B
I lost the passion that comes with living
A        Aadd4/B       A/C#   Dsus2/B
Since I started university
A         Aadd4/B            A/C#
I took a geography course to learn the datelines
      Dsus2/B**
And maybe use a sextant
A            Aadd4/B           A/C#   Dsus2/B
But now I just press facsimiles
 
 
[Verse 2]
A            Aadd4/B                    A/C#
And you're exactly who you wanted to be
Dsus2/B
That's what you said
A                Aadd4/B       A/C#              Dsus2/B
'Cause you wanna watch TV and sleep all day and lay in bed but
A          Aadd4/B                  A/C#          Dsus2/B
You're forgetting that I've got to go to work and eat my food
     A               Aadd4/B      A/C#
And pay my rent and reproduce and feed those kids
      Dsus2/B**
And maybe use a sextant
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m F#m/F   F#m11   Dmaj7*
I don't miss you
           Dmaj7                   Gm/D
I miss the thought of what we were
 
 
[Chorus]
A           Bm              F#m              F#m/F        A
This is the part where I shut up and let you infest my brain
           Bm              F#m          F#m/F**               A
Wrap your arms around my cortex, dig you in and let you drain
       Bm               F#m        F#m/F                A
You'll never get rid of me, oh I'm like a fucking disease
            Bm               F#m
I'll make a home in your gut
             F#m/F**
'Cause it's somewhere warm to sleep
 
A  Aadd4/B  A/C#  Dsus2/B
 
 
[Verse 3]
A             Aadd4/B             A/C#
What was your thought when you realised
                   Dsus2/B            A
You'll never feel naive love again?
       Aadd4/B        A/C#
Was it pain or was it sickness?
          Dsus2/B            A
Were you proud of who you'd been?
             Aadd4/B            A/C#
The shyness waiting for his phone calls
             Dsus2/B          A
Replaced by apathy 'n' dating apps
              Aadd4/B            A/C#
You held his hands, it felt like flying
         Dsus2/B       A
Now he's just another man
 
 
[Verse 4]
A                   Aadd4/B       A/C#      Dsus2/B
You'd rather he was inside than beside you
A                Aadd4/B        A/C#    Dsus2/B
But he's talking marriage and a future
A              Aadd4/B            A/C#   Dsus2/B
He's picking a lock he doesn't go into
A               Aadd4/B       A/C#***   Dsus2/B***
Less knife in a wound, he's a suture
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m F#m/F   F#m11  Dmaj7*
I don't miss you
           Dmaj7                   Gm/D
I miss the thought of what we were
 
 
[Chorus]
A           Bm              F#m              F#m/F         A
This is the part where I shut up and let you infest my brain
         Bm           F#m         F#m/F**            A
But it's okay, it's a strategy to ensure I remain
       Bm             F#m           F#m/F                A
You'll never get rid of me, well I'm like a fucking disease
            Bm             F#m
I'll make a home in your gut
             F#m/F
'Cause it's somewhere warm to sleep
 
A  Bm  F#m  F#m/F
 
 
[Bridge]
A     Bm    F#m F#m/F
It's okay
A     Bm    F#m F#m/F
It's okay
 
A  Bm  F#m  F#m/F  x2
 
 
[Outro]
A      Bm            F#m
Eat my rent and eat my food
            F#m/F               A   Bm  F#m
And eat my dues and eat those kids
      F#m/F**
And maybe use a sextant
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