Intro: 
 Am / Am+ / Am6 / Am+ 
 Am / Am+ / Am6 / Am+ 
 
Verse 1: 
        Am          Am/G       Am/F 
 I woke up with the war in my head 
                   E7sus4           E7 
 An old man's grumble, and an extra space in the bed 
 Am     Am/G      Am/F                       E7sus4 
 And if ole' John Prine, could sing the next line 
       E7 
 'Bout something that can make me smile 
 
Bridge: 
 Dm                      G7 
 I'm gonna have to be content to 
       E/G#                     Am       Am(maj7) 
 Stare at your baby photos till it makes sense 
 Dm                          G7 
 And were you ever mine, anyway? 
       E/G# 
 Speak up as I drop away 
 
Chorus: 
     A 
 I wrote down what I think 
         Dmaj7 
 On the head of a matchstick 
 A 
  Wrote it all short and sweet 
Dmaj7 
 All that made sense to me 
 
 F#m 
 Burn six thousand miles 
 Bm 
 Sorry for all the times 
 Dmaj7 
 I just can't add up all the songs 
                      (Repeat intro) 
 To find the damage we done 
 
Verse 2: 
 I fought for you like a doll from a tree 
 I keep a straight stiched face 
 As the ground makes a bed for me 
 I keep my eye where I fell it sends no replies 
 
Bridge 2: 
 You can run so long from sadness 
 That you're never at home for the fun 
 I can't make excuses for the short-hand abuses 
 Thank god it ain't a sunday night 
 
Chorus: 
 I wrote down what I think 
 On the head of a matchstick 
 Wrote it all short and sweet 
 All that made sense to me 
 
 I burnt six thousand miles 
 Sorry for all the times 
 I just can't add up the songs 
 To find the damage... 
 
 I wrote down what I think 
 On the head of a matchstick 
 I wrote it all short and sweet 
 All that made sense to me 
 I'm burning out in the lights 
 Sorry for all the times 
 I just can't see how it comes 
 To find the damage we done 
 
 The damage we done 
 The damage we done