Verse 1:
One small so[Ab]sound[Db]und [Ebm]
One small wo[Ab]word [Db] [Ebm]
In tongues all over the wo[Ab]world
I said it [Db]
I said it [Ebm]
One small w[Ab]word
I said it
I di[Db]didn't
I said it
I d[Ebm]didn't
Tongues all over
Interlude:
[Ebm] [Eb] [Ebm] [Abm] [Gb] [Ebm]
[Abm]
Chorus:
[Ebm]Can't pick them
out, can't press them in
[Bb]I'll never hide my s[Ab]scars
[Ebm]Can't pick them out,
can't press them in
[Bb]I'll never hide my s[Ab]scars [Ebm]
I'll never hide [Bb7]my - s[Ab]scars
Interlude:
[Abm] [Db] [Ebm]
Verse 2:
One small s[Ab]sound
One small s[Db]sight
One unsheathed k[Ebm]knife must glint
In an alternate timeline's l[Ab]light
One rust-ridden b[Db]blade juts out
Of a f[Ebm]friendly moonstruck shape
To tear, tear ter[Ab]terribly, terribly
[Db]Tear, tear terribly
The del[Ebm]delicate crepe of night
Bridge 1:
Familiarity b[Ebm]breeds
[Ab] Indifference [Ebm]
Familiarity br[Bb]breeds discontent
Familiarity b[Ebm]breeds[Bb]reeds
[Ab] Indifference [Ebm]
Familiarity b[Bb]breeds discon[Am]discontent
Bridge 2:
[Ebm]My other time machine
A pu[Bb]pungent, putrid bro[Ab]brownish-green
November [Ebm]smile
[Bb]Blandishing my two-timing door
Verse 3:
[Abm]One small s[Db]sound
One small b[Ebm]bite
One tomial t[Ebm]tooth
One Loggerhead Sh[Abm]Shrike must skewer
My inv[Db]invertebrate doppelgänger
[Ebm]On barbed wire in a parallel univers
Verse 4:
[Abm]My tongue par[Db]parallelly bleed[Ebm]bleeds
One small d[Abm]drop
In a mo[Db]monthful of bloo[Ebm]blood
In tongues all over the wor[Abm]world
I said it, I di[Db]didn't
It doesn't m[Ebm]matter
What I said or didn't[Ab]didn't
[Ab]Admit it
[Db]You were never g[Ebm]going to get it
I was a[Bb]always gonna get it
Chorus:
[Ebm]Can't pick them out,
can't press them in
[Bb]I'll never hide my[Ab]my scars
[Ebm]Can't pick them out,
can't press them in
[Bb]I'll never hide my
[Ab]Familiarity br[Ebm]breeds [Bb]
[F]Familiarity br[Ebm]breeds [Bb]
Interlude: (strum once)
[Ab]
Outro:
Not [Ebm]only is it thicker
Blood is stickier than water [Ab]
Maybe that's relevant so[Ebm]somehow [Bb]
[Ab] Can I explode now?
