Intro: F F7 A7 F F7 A7 Verse 1: F F7 A7 F F7 A7 I was in the other room F F7 A7 F F7 A7 Just laying on the carpet F F7 A7 F F7 A7 Sinking like a summer moon F F7 A7 F F7 A7 Slipping through a tar pit Chorus: Gm Bbm You weren’t meant to see that F F7 A7 F F7 A7 You weren’t meant to see that Verse 2: F F7 A F F7 A7 Of course there’s joy in the mundane F F7 A F F7 A7 Like hauling down the highway F F7 A F F7 A7 But then I swerved into the other lane F F7 A F F7 A7 And flipped over the barricades Chorus: Gm Bbm You weren’t meant to see that F F7 A7 F F7 A7 You weren’t meant to see that Bridge: Gm Bbm I watched the windows shatter F As if it ever mattered A And for once in my life I see things for what they are Bb And not through the lens of profit and achievement Bb It’s nothing when you need it F A One of those fortune cookie proclamations A Gm That I could never swallow Bbm You weren’t meant to see that F All the xxxx I should hold back A 'Cause it’s all in my head and I can see it through your swampy eyes Gm Bbm F F7 A7 F F7 A7 F F7 A7 F That I won’t always be the only one for you you
