Em Em Em A A A

[Verse 1]
Em                 E
When I sprung you out of the psych ward you said
Em                E
don’t cancel the Halloween party
Em        E        A
I’m out / we’re alive / so let’s throw it
Em            A
I wanna see friends, yeah, life’s a scary charade
Em               A                G
let’s make the most of the night we all know it

G  G   E    A

[Chorus]
A                Em
Might look reckless from the outside
A                C
but if relief’s on the table, you eat
Em                Am
you can’t know what’s best from the outside
Am                    C
if you’re not head or tails, take a seat

Em Em E

[Verse 2]
Em                E
We’d demanded friends’ talents: one danced
Em                E
one cooked a French omelet in drag
Em        E        A
a wig, a broach, and frills
Em        A
We tasted, we clapped, and who woulda sensed
Em        A    G
that meal of thirty-two pills

[Chorus]
A                Em
Might look reckless from the outside
A                C
but if relief’s on the table, you eat
Em                Am
you can’t know what’s best from the outside
Am                    C
if you’re not head or tails, take a seat

[Verse 3]
Em                E
Then there were two guys in a horse suit
Em                E
Lily’d invited from a movie shoot
Em        E        A
the horse told jokes, they fell flat as a board
Em            A
Seemed kinda bro-y in fact, and their tail cracked
Em            A                G
over a bottle of red wine, finally showing the gore

[Verse 4]
(slow, quiet)
Em                E
I’d raced home from work to find your mom
Em                E
and gran worried in the backyard
Em        E        A
and you fuming inside a spare room
Em            A
you lied ‘bout the number of K-pins, until
Em            A                G
I pled my way in, faced your maybe tomb

[Bridge]
    Am
You have to know
       A
I tried and tried
Em        E        E
ten ways to Tuesday before the cops
    Am
Crisis hotline
     A
my nurse aunt
    Em        Em
if it’d been opiates, Naloxone

[Chorus]
A                Em
Might look reckless from the outside
A                C
but if relief’s on the table, you eat
Em                Am
you can’t know what’s best from the outside
Am                    C
if you’re not head or tails, take a seat

[Verse 5]
Em                E
I drove each day to see you in Amityville
Em                E
explained it all, brought books with soft spines
Em        E        A
listened to St. Vincent’s latest sounds
    Em        Em    Em        A
(patron saint of hospitals) I set you up with a shrink
    Em        A            Em
my family saw my love with deepened frowns

[Chorus]
A                Em
Might look reckless from the outside
A                C
but if relief’s on the table, you eat
Em                Am
you can’t know what’s best from the outside
Am                    C
if you’re not head or tails, take a seat

[Verse 6]
Em                E
I never wanted you locked
Em            E
without rights, fresh air or phone
Em        E        A
You said you just panicked is all
Em        A        Em
weren’t trying to die but I couldn’t trot
Em    A        G
in that horse suit all alone
        Em         A        Em
(slow) so I hope you forgive me the call