Bruised

Chords

Standard

F
I've got my things, I'm good to go
Am
You met me at the terminal
Dm            A#                   F               C
Just one more plane ride and it's done
F
We stood like statues at the gate
Am
Vacation's come and gone too late
Dm              A#
There's so much sun where I'm from
F                   C   
I had to give it away, had to give you away

(break) F  Am  Dm  A#

F
And we spent four days on an 
Am                            Dm
Island at your family's old hotel
             A#                F
Sometimes perfection can be
                  C
It can be perfect hell
         A#
Perfect

(chorus)

(A#)
Hours pass
and she still counts the minutes
       F    
That I am not there             F 
I swear I didn't mean for it to feel like this
                         F
Like every inch of me is bruised,
C
Bruised

A#
Don't fly fast
Oh, pilot can you help me
        F  
Can you make this last?
This plane is all I got
           A#
So keep it steady, now
'Cause every inch you see is
F             C
Bruised

(verse 2)
F
I lace my Chucks, I walk the aisle
Am
I take my pills the babies cry
Dm
All I hear
          A# 
Is what's playing through the in-flight radio
F
Now every word of every song
Am
I've ever heard that made me 
Dm
Want to stay
          A#
Is what's playing through the in-flight radio
F
And I...
Am
I Dm...
               Dm
Finally waking up

A#
Hours pass
and she still counts the minutes
       F    
That I am not there             F 
I swear I didn't mean for it to feel like this
                         F
Like every inch of me is bruised,
C
Bruised

A#
Don't fly fast
Oh, pilot can you help me
        F  
Can you make this last?
This plane is all I got
           A#
So keep it steady, now
'Cause every inch you see is
F             C
Bruised

Bridge:
F
So read your books
    Am                         Dm
But stay out late some nights, some nights
    F
And don't think that you
Am                Dm
Can't stop by the bar
F                      Am
You haven't shown your face here
              Dm
Since the bad news
F                         Am
I'm here 'til close, with fingers crossed
     Dm                      
Each night 'cause your place isn't far
(let ring)             (let ring)
A#                   F                 A#
And hours pass, and hours pass, yeah, yeah

(A#)
And she still counts the minutes
          F    
That I am not there             F 
I swear I didn't mean for it to feel like this
                         F
Like every inch of me is bruised
C
Bruised

A#
Don't fly fast
Oh, pilot can you help me
        F  
Can you make this last?
This plane is all I got
           A#
So keep it steady, now
'Cause every inch you see is

F            C                  F
Bruised......yeah......bruised, bruised