The Swell Season - The Verb Chords

Dm
What's the verb to
F#m
Cut it off to
Bm        A             G
Take a knife and hack away at it
You keep saying
Dm
Well that's the last time
F#m
You'll pretend to
Bm      A               G
Stand aside no matter what we did
I'm not playing
Dm
All in all they're
F#m
Just enough to
Bm          A            G
Keep us sliding back to where we were
I'm not waiting
Dm
That's the last time
F#m
You get friends who
Bm             A                G
Will tell you that you walked away with it
        F#m
And you barely scr*pe through

D/F#
I'm tired of fighting she said
G
Your words just rattle my head
F#m
All joy escapes in the dark
G
And I can't make this make sense
D/F#
Your words are lost to me now
G
I cannot take it, I'm out
F#m
I'm stuck here kidding myself
G
Cause you're out there caring somewhere

D F#m

Dm
So what's the verb to
F#m
Kick it over
Bm         A            G
Take the time and walk away from it
I'm not playing
Dm
That'll never
F#m
Sit with us well
Bm             A            G
We're far too pious to get out of it
F#m
And we're on our way

D/F#
I'm tired of fighting she said
G
Your words just rattle my head
F#m
All joy escapes in the dark
G
And I can't make this make sense
D/F#
Your words are lost to me now
G
I cannot take it, I'm out
F#m
I'm stuck here kidding myself
G
You're out there drinking somewhere

D/F#
I'm sorry I've lost all my hope
G
I cannot take it no more
F#m
I'm stuck here kidding myself
G
You're out there laughing somewhere
D/F#
I tore my heart out, no more
G
I've burned this bridge and it's gone
F#m
I'm stuck here kidding myself
G
And you're out there laughing somewhere
D/F#
This joy is lost to me now
G
I cannot take it, I'm out
F#m
I'm stuck here kidding myself
D
And you're out there drinking somewhere

D/F# G

D/F#                        G
I'm stuck here kidding myself

D/F# G F#m D
D/F# G F#m G
Dm F#m Bm A G