Broken Benches

{name: Intro} D 2x {name: Verse 1} D Sometimes broken benches are the only place to sit G and while our hearts capsized in our chests D A my mom clutched a cell phone and was screaming into it G tears streaming from the new sunglasses D yea, 17 years of misery and all we've got to show G D are these hearts divided by A weekend visitations and strained family relations G thank god we saved our tears till bed time {name: Verse 2} D somewhere between ventricles a part of my heart G D broken so many times it didn't even hurt that much A when you packed it in an overnight bag along with enough clothes G to last you downtown till you could find a place of your own D but all of that was last February and we're so much warmer now G D atleast until the phone rang today A your eyes accused and his mouth abused G until you walked out of earshot so my little brother won't be D writing songs about it when he gets to be my age G D it must be so much harder for him A cuz you're his shining light and while I'm just cynical and sad G he's still, so fragile {name: Bridge} (muted) D things we said in vain just to salvage peace when we're alone G D the tears we shed until the pain was dead and this house was finally a home A G and all along you sang a song with words we never knew G yea it hurt so much to harbor but it was what we had to do D and I'll go off to college and just try to carry on G and you can't pretend that you wont bend D before you break when we're all gone A my father, shouted explanations for why it all went down the drain G can't hold a candle to the handle I've gotten to what it's like to break the chains {name: Outro} (strum once) D A G of lowered expectations D A G and family trees chopped limb from limb A and it's all broken A it's all broken D A D but, atleast now I've got some place to begin D A G {tab: e|5----5----3----|} {tab: B|6----5----3----|} {tab: G|6----6----4----|} {tab: D|6----7----5----|} {tab: A|5----7----5----|} {tab: E|-----5----3----| }