Unreleased Demo

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E                                 B                                E    A
As the ashes in the bath tub float away, spiraling down the drain
F#m                    A                    E                B
I tell myself I'm not addicted, just an active participant
F#m                                    A                                 E              B
And the tobacco doesn't kill me half as much as the air freshener I use to cover it up
C#m                         A                                               B            B
But I got a carton Saturday morning and there's three packs left, it's Monday afternoon
C#m                       A                               B              B
And I'm drinking a toast to the lung cancer I'll have for a tenant soon
Intro

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E                              B                                  E    A
He came back to town on my birthday, but that was just coincidence
E                                  B                                    E    A
And we speak for a couple of minutes on the prospects for a resistance
F#m                 A                              E                                B
I figure if I was gonna die for something, it might as well just be nothing at all
F#m                          A                   E                       B
Over some granola peacenik organic food purchasing their way to freedom
C#m                       A                               B           B
He says he's too drunk to overthrow capitalism and the nation state
C#m                              A                               B   B
And there's me and a million others who just can't help, but relate
Intro

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E                       B         E                               A
    Saying I hate you, I hope you can read my notes through the margins
E                              B                                  E            A
    Hope you read between the lines of fuck you as I reach for my tobacco tin
F#m                              A                              E                B
Spittin chunks of my gum out on the sidewalk, hasn't this been such a nice talk
F#m                      A                               E                     B
I curse the world one second and demand that it buy me a sandwich in the next
Intro

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E                                   B                               E    A
As midnight washes my birthday away, I feel just like I did last May
F#m                                        A                                         E           B
And if I don't know what it's like to not be rejected, I should celebrate the low points instead
C#m                              A                          B   B
And for once I can agree with me walking down to the river
C#m               A                    B     B
Sit down a couple yards away from a drifter
E                              B                  E            A
I don't offer him a cigarette, I back down at the last second
E                              B                  E            A
I don't offer him a cigarette, I back down at the last minute