Singing Knives

C Fmaj7 Am7 G Gadd11 G C Fmaj7 Am7 Dm Fmaj7 G C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* To live without love is a knife in every direction C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* And when you touched me that night I saw lights and cold steel reflection C C/B Am C* Tell me: what's the point of livin' and feelin' so loveless? C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* Nothin' helps me do a thing now, darlin', I think I'm hopeless Fmaj7/C C/G 'Cause I worked at the foundry for six months Fmaj7/C C/G And I dated your friends, they're all dumb punks Fmaj7/C G Gadd11 And the flowers in bloom and your cheap perfume C C/B Am G Gadd11 G I thought it was too nice to mean much C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* Well with Jack or Jim, or me or him, you used to spike your iced-tea C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* I used to show up late and stoned, just prayin' you'd forgive me C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* And I clean up alright, though it's not like you'd ever notice C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* Nothin' helps me hold a job down, darlin', I think I broke this Fmaj7/C C/G 'Cause I don't care to work on a Sunday Fmaj7/C C/G I drug gravel for miles 'cross some site Fmaj7/C G Gadd11 Don't tell me some loves take a backroad to town C C/B Am G Gadd11 G You know I like to drive all night C Fmaj7 Am7 G Gadd11 G C Fmaj7 Am7 Dm Fmaj7 G C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* Well a poor boy findin' you was like buyin' a lottery ticket C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* And when you said I couldn't hold you I told you we oughta forget it C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* And I don't care to be happy, just don't wanna let you down C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* I swear I don't give a shit, no I spit when I pass your home town Fmaj7/C C/G 'Cause I'da waltzed at your sister's wedding Fmaj7/C C/G I'da shook your father's right hand Fmaj7/C G Gadd11 But a few scented candles and pictures on mantles C C/B Am G Gadd11 G They don't fix an angry young man C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* And it cuts to the bone, there's a stone in my throat just to sing it C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* But I carved out a home of my own with no one's forgiveness C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* When I close my eyes, I don't try, but I still see you naked C C/B Am Fmaj7 C* And that wound was so raw that I thought that we could still make it C Fmaj7 Am7 G Gadd11 G C Fmaj7 Am7 Dm Fmaj7 Csus2 C