Ab
Biting keeps your words at bay
Eb7M
Tending to the sores that stay
Ab                  Eb7M
Happiness is just a gash away
       Ab
When I open a familiar scar
Eb7M
Pain goes shooting like a star
Abm                             Eb7M
Comfort hasn't failed to follow so far

Cm7                    Eb7M
And you might say it's self-indulgent
Cm7               Eb7M
You might say its self-destructive
Cm7                Eb7M
But, you see, it's more productive
Cm7                 Ab7M
Than if I were to be healthy

Ab
And pens and penknives take the blame
Eb7M
Crane my neck and scratch my name
Ab
But the ugly marks
              Eb7M
Are worth the momentary gain
       Abm
When I jab a sharpened object in
Eb7M
Choirs of angels seem to sing
Abm                  Eb7M
Hymns of hate in memorandum

Cm7                    Eb7M
And you might say it's self-indulgent
Cm7                    Eb7M
And you might say it's self-destructive
Cm7                    Eb7M
But, you see, it's more productive
Cm7                 Ab7M
Than if I were to be happy

Fm                    Ab
And sappy songs about sex and cheating
Fm                    Ab
Bland accounts of two lovers meeting
Fm                            Ab7M
Make me want to give mankind a beating

( Eb7M  Ab  Eb7M )

Cm7                    Eb7M
And you might say it's self-destructive
Cm7               Eb7M
But, you see, I'd kick the bucket
Cm7                           Ab7M
Sixty times before I'd kick the habit

    Ab
And as the skin rips off
  Eb7M
I cherish the revolting thought
     Abm
That even if I quit
              Eb7M
There's not a chance in hell I'd stop
Abm
And anyone can see the signs
Eb7M
Mittens in the summertime
Abm                             Eb7M
Thank you for your pity, you are too kind

Cm7                   Eb7M
And you might say its self-inflicted
Cm7                 Eb7M
But you see, that's contradictive
Cm7        
Why on earth would anyone
             Ab7M
Practice self-destruction?

Fm                    Ab
And pain opinions are sitcom feeding
Fm                        Ab
They dont know that their minds are teething
Fm                             Ab7M
Makes me want to give mankind a beating

( Eb7M  Ab  Eb7M )

Ab
I've tried bandages and sinking
Eb7M
I've tried gloves and even thinking
Abm            Eb7
I've tried vaseline
Abm             Eb7M
I've tried everything

Fm                     Ab
And none cares if your back is bleeding
Fm                           Ab
They're concerned with their hair receding
Fm                      Ab
Looking back, it was all maltreating
Fm                   Ab
Every thought that occurred misleading
Fm                           Ab7M
Makes me want to give myself a beating

[Final] Eb7M  Ab  G