Automatic Loveletter - Black Ink Revenge

artist : automatic loveletter
song : black ink revenge
album : the kids will take their monsters on
tuning : standard ( eadgbe )
note : this is the version of “black ink revenge” off the new ep . these chords may or may
not match the leaked demo version of this song .

( intro/verse 1 )
C#
i wanted this .
Bm
i wanted you .
E A
i wanted it to last but you fell through .
C# Bm
now east coast boys don’t you see .
E A
that here on the west we follow our dreams .
C# Bm
i don’t want to know you anymore .
E
the color of your lips red .
A
and i swear i never wear lipstick .
C# Bm
no , my god i drank too much .
E
laughing while i’m crying .
A
don’t you let them know you’re dying .
C# Bm
dying to bring out and dying to get , get out .
E
from the windows of the upstairs .
A
click my heels , but i Am stuck here .
C# Bm ( one strum )
i’m pledging this back .

( chorus )
E
this is the last time .
Bm
this is the last fight .
C#
sunsets to sunrise .
A
morning to midnight .
E
and this is my goodbye .
Bm
so blow out the candle .
C#
the bottle is dry .
A
and these pages learn to think .
C# Bm
you’re not even worth my black ink revenge .
E Bm A ( strum once and hold )
i guarantee , guarantee you’ll miss me .

( verse 2 )
C#
i can’t stomach this .
Bm E
i think i’m going to be sick .
A
my hearts made of wick and you put the fire out of it .
C# Bm
the kerosene ??
A Bm
she smiled at me and closed the door , but not to sleep .
C# Bm
this isn’t making any sense .
E
i was yours the night before this .
A
and the smell of your sheets is the remnants of it .

( chorus )
E
this is the last time .
Bm
this is the last fight .
C#
sunsets to sunrise .
A
morning to midnight .
E
and this is my goodbye .
Bm
so blow out the candle .
C#
the bottle is dry .
A
and these pages learn to think .
C# Bm
you’re not even worth my black ink revenge .

( bridge intro )

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so i’m writing you out of my dreams .
and you’ll miss me i swear when i leave .
yeah , i’m writing you out .
i’m crossing my t’s .
and i want back the necklace that i said you could keep .

* chords come back in here ( with notes played with them ) *

E Bm
and you miscomprehend and i ??? you to death .
C# A
my lungs aren’t as strong as my last gasp for breath .
E
leave nothing behind .
Bm
not a trace or a crumb .
C# A
and no clothes to ??? how painful this was .
E Bm
and so i’m writing you out of my dreams .
C# A
and you’ll miss me i swear when i leave .

( final chorus )
E
this is the last time .
Bm
this is the last fight .
C#
sunsets to sunrise .
A
morning to midnight .
E
and this is my goodbye .
Bm
so blow out the candle .
C#
the bottle is dry .
A
and these pages learn to think .

you’re not even worth my . . .