Intro
 
F#m A Bm D  F#m A Bm D 
 
Verse 1
       F#m 
But I laugh when you lie 
       A 
Ain’t much of a disguise 
   Bm                              D 
I know cause you learned that from me 
     F#m                      A 
The pull of the strings is an unfortunate thing 
         Bm                           D 
And one can’t help but go where they lead 
     F#m 
And though you said it would plague you 
   A 
No more, No more 
 Bm                        D 
Who are you kidding, I’ve been through your drawers 
     F#m                      A 
The vintage you wore to the feast 
             Bm 
Smelled the scent from your pores 
        Bm 
Sleep, score, and repeat 
        N.C. 
Sleep, score, and repeat 
         N.C. 
(Oh, oh waiting by the floor at your feet) 
 
Chorus
A 
And for some time 
     Bm                        D 
The only thing that’s really mattered 
      A 
Was getting by 
 Bm             D 
Well enough to climb that ladder 
 A 
You’ll meet no dreams there 
 Bm          D 
No earthly forms 
           A 
Where the men have k*lled the men 
         Bm 
And the women have made no more 
      D                      F#m A Bm D (x4) 
The women have made no more 
 
Verse 2
 F#m                         A 
I’ve seen the scars on your wrist 
   Bm                             D 
I know that you thought we’d do better than this 
              F#m                     A 
Though you’re not really sure how we can 
          Bm                            D 
When you stood the whole day with your head in your hands 
        F#m                       A 
Well we lie and we backstab from Fresno to Flagstaff 
  Bm                      D 
Slipped and we slept on floors that we swept with 
 F#m 
Oh and the bad rap 
     A 
And clung to the abstract 
       Bm 
When everything else seemed a threat 
        D 
When everything else seemed a threat 
 
(This is as good as it gets) 
 
Chorus
A 
And for some time 
     Bm                D 
The only thing that’s really mattered 
     A 
Is getting by 
 Bm              D 
Well enough to climb that ladder 
  A 
You’ll meet no dreams there 
 Bm         D 
No earthly forms 
           A 
Where the men have k*lled the men 
         Bm 
And the women have made no more 
     D 
The women have made no more 
 
Instrumental
 
F#m A Bm D (repeat x8) 
 
Chorus
 A 
And for some time 
     Bm                D 
The only thing that’s really mattered 
       A 
Was getting by 
 Bm               D 
Well enough to climb that ladder 
  A 
You’ll meet no dreams there 
 Bm           D 
No earthly forms 
           A 
Where the men have k*lled the men 
         Bm 
And the women have made no more 
      D 
The women have made no more 
 
Chorus
 A 
And for some time 
     Bm                D 
The only thing that’s really mattered 
      A 
Was getting by 
 Bm               D 
Well enough to climb that ladder 
 A 
You’ll meet no dreams there 
 Bm         D 
No earthly forms 
           A 
Where the men have k*lled the men 
         Bm 
And the women have made no more 
     D 
The women have made no more 
 
Outro
 A 
And for some time 
     Bm                       D 
The only thing that’s really mattered 
      A 
Was getting by 
 Bm              D 
Well enough to climb that ladder 
 A 
You’ll meet no dreams there 
 Bm 
Reap no rewards 
     A 
And sometimes I see flowers 
     Bm 
But most times just the thorns 
     D                          A 
But most times just the thorns