Alkaline Trio - Broken Wing

A D F#m E D
A D F#m E D

D A E Bm
it ain’t hard to get lost when you forget where you come from
/C# D A
turn that dial to the right push that pedal down
E D A E
don’t say goodbye just for a drive along for the ride

A E F#m
it’d be real nice just to fly away and escape everything
D A
but little bird looks like you’ve got a broken wing
E F#m
now anything so easy , it might not make you weak
D E A D F#m E D
but it sure won’t make me believe

D A
it’s hell you say and it gets worse you know
E Bm
how many more days Am i gonna wake up when there’s no place i wanna go?
/C# D A
if that sunshine’s really gonna kill us all why is every day so cold?
E D A E
why is everything so fxxking cold? it never melts away

A E F#m
it’d be real nice just to fly away and escape everything
D A
but little bird looks like you’ve got a broken wing
E F#m
now anything so easy , it might not make you weak
D E Bm
but it sure won’t make me believe

D A Bm
that’s the top of your lungs and the bottom of your heart
D A Bm
it’s at the top of your lungs it’s at the bottom of your heart
C#m D Bm A E A ( palm muted )
it’s at as deep as your heart goes

A E F#m
i understand the things that keep you up and i know that you still feel
D A
and i know your heart is hemorrhaging you need some time to heal
E F#m
and now the traffic lights there on your street flash yellow all the time
D C#m
and the mirror in the bathroom it looks cracked in the wrong light
D
but walk out through your threshold
A E D
through your lungs and move on down the stairs
F#m E A D Bm E
and let the things you love come back to you in time we’ll all get there

A E F#m
it’d be real nice just to fly away and escape everything
D A
but little bird looks like you’ve got a broken wing
E F#m
now anything so easy , it might not make you weak
D E A
but it sure won’t make me believe