Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

I got a fresh tattoo of a broken heart

You'd think I'd learn by now but I ain't that smart

 I got a pocket full of nothing, head full of lukewarm beer

 I just wanted to make myself feel good

 Feel like I've been understood

 I was wrong, I've been wrong three times this year

I pushed off from shore in this leaky boat

With my only friend, a bottle of whiskey in my coat

 I was going to drown my sorrows, discuss my attitude

 I lay down on my back, I started to curse

 Insulted every planet in the universe

 Hey Jupiter, if you're listening, I didn't mean to be that rude

  Hey la, la, la, hey la, la, la, hey la, la, la,

  How hard can it be?

  Hey la, la, la, hey la, la, la, hey la, la, la,

  How hard can it be?

Let me tell you now,

  I just ran out of whiskey and I'm stranded out at sea

Now as the light begins to fade the sun disappears

I see a siren singing in a sea of tears

 I know it's you, I can tell by your hair

 And my pulse begins to quicken as I row through the tide

 I want to lay my head down at your side

 Then you slip into the sea, you're gone, that ain't fair

The sea was as black as a pirate's soul

A black velvet bag, a big dark hole

 Just reflections of the mocking moon above

 Then a shooting star shot across the skies

 It was then I began to realize

 I would give it all away if I could have your love

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Now I pulled myself together, had a little chat

With my empty bottle and this little cat

 He'd been hiding, he'd been there for a while

 Well I told him how I missed you, how you made me feel

 And even though that cat wasn't real

 It cheered me up and it made me smile

I stood up in that boat and I laughed till I cried

I danced a little two-step with my pride

 Then I thought about jumping in again, I was so alone

 Well you know I couldn't do it cause I'm standing here

 It may have been the liquor, it may have been the fear

 Besides how would that cat have got back home?

(Chorus x 2)