The Contortionist (CHORDS) by Joey Cape

F#
In a chalk dotted line*

C#
Draw a kid,.. left behind

F
Severed limbs in harmony

Bb                G#
Strumming from a few good deeds

F#
Carry it to survive

C#
To a bed half alive

F
Held before a dozen times

Bb             G#             F#
Deep inside a funeral for a friend

       C#             F
Runs in portions like film clips

Bb    G#
Run,.. run

F#
Rundown the list

F#
The memoirist

     F
Like kindling

Bb          G#             C#
Burn,.. burn,.. burn,.. burn it down

            F
I will stay inside

    F#
The saved

           Bb    G#    C#
It's a good mourning

            F
They will ignite you

      F#
The doomed

   Bb      G#
And I will write for you

F#
Of a boy,.. damaged goods

C#
Of a bench,.. understood

F
For a spell,.. the soul resides

Bb           G#
In a yellow chalk outline

F#
Carry on the camel's back

F#
Have another heart attack

C#          F
To the cure I would drive

Bb                   G#               F#
Played that scene a hundred times to date

F#         C#           F
Today's ambition,.. to relate

    Bb         G#         F#
In a sustaining saccharine state

            C#            F
Impart the burden and get well

           Bb        G#        Bb
It's what everyone's trying to sell

F   F#    G#   A   Bb
F   F#


  G#         F         F#
Anything you want it to be

          C#            F
Weigh the screenplay and revise

Bb    G#    F#             C#
Warp,.. warp,.. warp with the contortionist

  F          Bb        G#     C#
So hopelessly ill-fated everyday


            F
He will stay inside

     F#
The doomed

           Bb    G#     C#
It's a good mourning to loom

            F
They will inspire him

    F#   Bb      G#         Bb
The saved Innocently filling graves