billy talent
line and sinker
billy talent i
2003 atlantic records

key : A , D

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
F#m – 244222
D – xx0232
A – x02220
E – 022100
Bm – x24432
A/C# – x476
xxg – 320033
Em – 022000

chorus 1 :
what you see is what you get
( don’t ya know )
F#m
( fishing for the answer
A
with a line and sinker )
D Bm
look at me and don’t
forget ( don’t ya know )
F#m
( hard to get a grip with
A
all these broken fingers )
D Bm
what you see is what
you get ( don’t ya know )
F#m
( fishing for the answer
A
with a line and sinker )
D Bm
look at me and don’t
forget ( don’t ya know )
F#m
( hard to get a grip with
A
all these broken fingers )

verse 1 :
D Bm
today i don’t feel pretty
F#m A
and i’m tired of trying
D
to fit right in
Bm
don’t think that you’re so great
F#m A
cause being great must suck
D
we don’t always
Bm
see the bright side
F#m A D
we all need ego suicide
Bm
you hung my head
F#m
today but i have
A
licked my wounds

refrain :
Em D
and carried on
A/C# Bm Em D
everybody needs some sympathy
A/C# Bm Em D
santa seemed to miss my chimney
A/C# Bm Em D
reality is truly scaring me
A/C# Bm
so stand up straight and firmly say

chorus 2 :
D Bm
what you see is what you get
( don’t ya know )
F#m
( fishing for the answer
A
with a line and sinker )
D Bm
look at me and don’t
forget ( don’t ya know )
F#m
( hard to get a grip with
A
all these broken fingers )
D Bm
what you see is what
you get ( don’t ya know )
F#m
( fishing for the answer
A
with a line and sinker )
D Bm
look at me and don’t
forget ( don’t ya know )
F#m
( hard to get a grip with
A
all these broken fingers )

verse 2 :
D Bm
my heart is in the right place
F#m A D
so wipe that smirk right off your face
Bm
don’t make me feel like that
F#m A
cause that’s just plain not nice
D Bm
we don’t always see the bright side
F#m A D
and i lied when i said i was fine
Bm
you slapped my face today
F#m A
but i have licked my wounds

( repeat refrain )
( repeat chorus 2 )

interlude : Em – D – A/C# – Bm – x2

bridge :
Em D
everybody needs some sympathy
A/C# Bm
santa seemed to miss my chimney
Em D
you stole my luck from me
A/C# Bm
and now my fortune
Em D
cookie’s empty!
A/C# Bm
cause you came and you
Em D
stole it all from me!
A/C#
so stand up straight
Bm
and firmly say

( repeat chorus 1 )

outro : D ( hold )