Dragonskin

Dragonskin C                G             F Three days, four hours, nine minutes C G F You stepped out and soundly slammed the door C G F From the paste of what it takes to admit it F G Am I cling to what I knew I'd change it all for C                         G                                   F So Ill pull away packed down with the blame and a little desolation C                               G                 F Words that falter and fade just like your shape in the rearview C                                  G                F                 Love need not be adorned, it's not a race, or an option C                    G   Em  F This is not an exchange one could be bullied into Am B C you can take the road Am B C ill cut through the garden F Dm Am We are growing old F           G    F G A B  faces may crack but heads are hardened C G F I've bathed in blood and have the dragon skin of Siegfried C G F a closed book from the safe in the wall of a dark room C G F now all the fake outs, bombs, the biff, and misdeeds F G Am on my open, endless pages for you to scour through C G F So Ill pull away, packed down with the blame and a little desolation C G F Words that falter and fade just like your shape in the rearview C G F Love need not be adorned, it's not a race, or an option C                       G  Em F This is not an exchange one could be bullied into Am B C you can take the road Am B C ill cut through the garden F Dm Am We are growing old F G F G A B faces may crack but heads are hardened F G F G A B faces may crack but heads’ll hardened C It seems I've been a liar F Seems I've been a fraud C      F Seems I didn't know myself quite as well as I let on. C I hope the shit that we’ve collected F We won't always need Am I hope the colors we're painted B             C We don't always have to be.