Can't Stand The Mourning Chords by American Authors

[Start]

[Verse]
Dm7        Gsus4                         F     
■   I know death and taxes they can't be outrun
  C                                          Dm7  
I thought I'd have more time before the race begun
Gsus4 Dm7                                              F   
■     ■   Lost my father at twenty and I lost you last week
C                                    Dm7 Dm
How can I cope I still haven't found me  ■ 
Dm7 Gsus4            Dm7                 Gsus4       F       
■   ■     I've tried different religions and psychic hotlines
        C                                    Dm7 
Must be some way to hear your laugh one more time
          Gsus4            F               
So I self medicate to stay comfortably numb
C                                        Dm  
Knowing sooner or later yeah my day will come


[Chorus]
       Bbmaj7                    F               
I need chemicals to sleep to see you in my dreams
C                      Dm            F    
If I take enough maybe one day we'll speak
   Bb                            F               
Oh when I wake back up you won't be there to talk
C                              Dm         F     
These photos and voicemails of you aren't enough
       Bb       F             C           Dm          
Let me close my eyes 'cause I can't stand the mourning
C      Bb       F             C               Dm       Dm7
Let me close my eyes 'cause I can't stand the mourning ■  


[Verse]
                                C            F     
All my friends and my therapist tell me Stay strong
      C                                         Dm   Dm7
But I haven't hit the gym in well God knows how long ■  
                                     F               
All my smiles and my tattoos they're doing their part
            C                                  Dm   
They're all putting me in overtime to cover my scars


[Bridge]
      Dm7                              Dm  C     F   
Can't pretend that it's still the best day of my life
       C                                     Dm  Dm7
When I tell you the truth you say it's all a lie ■  


[Chorus]
        Dm                       Em7          F    
So I'll pour one out and pour my heart into a drink
G          F              C                       Dm    
'cause I'd rather pay for whiskey than a midlevel shrink
       Bb                         F                   
I need chemicals to sleep so I'll see you in my dreams
C                      Dm                 
If I take enough maybe one day we'll speak
   Bb                            F               
Oh when I wake back up you won't be there to talk
C                           Dm                  
These photos and voicemails of you aren't enough
       Bb    F                C               Dm      
Let me close my eyes 'cause I can't stand the mourning
       Bb       F             C                       
Let me close my eyes 'cause I can't stand the mourning


[End]