Tears Over Beers by Modern Baseball
Key: BB | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    



Verse
     B            C#                 E
When I was just a boy, we'll call it 15 or so,
     B                C#     E
I found myself annoyed by a syndrome of sorts in my bones
     B          C#              E
That girl who's next to me, she found herself bored to tears
     B                          C#            E (N.C.)
    G/B (N.C.)
She realized that if she wanted conversation, she's out of luck for three
F#/B
more years
       B               C#        E
When I moved away from home, 100 miles or so,
       B            C#              E
I knew a change had grown inside my awkwardly long limbs and bones
     B                  C#        E
That girl who's next to me, she's friendly and thoughtful and quite awfully pretty,
    B              C#       G#/B      G/B
     F#/B
But all she has to say is a meat head-themed monologue on why Brad ran away
           E              F#/B       G#/B      F#/B
She said, "All I can hope for is for me to get better,
           E      F#/B       G#/B     F#/B
because all I can take is no more.
     E            F#/B            G#/B         F#/B
I'll win him back again, we'll be lovers, best friends.
         E             F#/B          G#/B         F#/B
He won't need no other woman like he did way back when he was with me.
B   C#/B                 E
    He needed more than me
    B            C#/B                 E
I'm friendly and thoughtful and quite awfully pretty,
    B         C#/B      E
But he needed more than me."
       B                  C#/B                 E
When I felt that I should leave, we'll call it midnight or so,
       B                    C#/B                 E
I found myself annoyed by a syndrome of sorts in her bones
     B                  C#/B                   E
That girl who's next to me, she don't know her worth in this town,
            B                    C#/B
because her face starts to shine when that meat head behind me
E
Is grinning as he's checking her out
         E         F#/B            G#/B       F#/B
I said, "All I can hope for is for you to get better,
        E         F#/B       G#/B     F#/B
Because all I can take is no more.
     E                 F#/B                   G#/B     F#/B
I'll hide where I can, away from you and your friends,
        E          F#/B       G#/B      F#/B
leaking tears over beers once again."