I have loved this song since I first heard Abby play it live when I was around 8 years old,
and now 15 years later I have finally taken the time to figure out the chords.
Here's the best video of her playing it I can find: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCHgePBgVOY

Enjoy!




[Intro]

F#m


[Verse 1]
   F#m                                                     C#7
I'm sorry, two words I can't seem to extract from my vocabul-ary,
                                                  B7
it's not that I've done wrong though this is where things get hairy
                          F#m
History has wired me this way
    F#m                                                 C#7
The suction, of that phrase upon my brain led to the destruction
                                    B7
There hasn't been any sign of reconstruction
                                F#m
But I am willing to try, what can I say?


[Chorus]
F#m                       Faug
My whole life I've played passive wife,
      A7                   D
every trick I've turned my head
   E     E7                F#m                B7
So now I gather up my best defenses to words unsaid
        A                        B7                         F#m
I swear I'll curb all the baggage, once I learn the language



[Verse 2]
F#m
Baiting me with the things I crave
               C#7
And yeah, I'd be waiting
                                       B7
Just like the dogs of Pavlov I'd start salivating
                                       F#m
A private hell each time they rang the bell
                                          C#7
Peel me, strip the tainted layers of this past life
                                                B7
For you I'd wipe the slate clean if you wipe my eyes dry
                             F#m
To that former self we'll bid
F#m
Farewell, farewell, farewell, fare thee well!


[Chorus]
F#m                     C#7
And teach me, sir, a new vernacular
         A7                D
Consider me your star pupil
      E                E7
I'm a slow burn, but a fast learn
         F#m7                   B7
And if I start to push away babe, youuuu

Well you just pull
        A                 B7
I swear to you, I will be fine



[Bridge]
              A
All I need is
               E             F#m7                           D
Time, peace of mind, someone kind enough to guide me on my way
   A                     E
So, wait, don't lose your faith
     F#m7                       D
Your patience will lead me to a brighter day


[Chorus]
      A
I see now that I've been low
             E
Been knocked down by petty blows
        F#m7          D
A casualty of the unspoken
             A
But watch me now, see how I've grown?
    E
Not aloof and not alone
     F#m
I am bruised but not broken
D
Bruised but not broken


[Outro]
      A
And I do accept the
E
Dialect
       F#m            D
Things finally comprehend