The Contortionist Chords & Lyrics - Joey Cape

[F#]In a chalk dotted line*
[C#]Draw a kid, left behind
[F]Severed limbs in harmony
[Bb]Strumming from a f[G#]ew good deeds
[F#]Carry it to survive
[C#]To a bed half alive
[F]Held before a dozen times
[Bb]Deep inside a f[G#]uneral for a fr[F#]iend:
Runs in [C#]portions like f[F]ilm clips
[Bb]Run, r[G#]un
[F#]Rundown the list
[F#]The memoirist
Like k[F]indling
[Bb]Burn, burn, [G#]burn, burn it d[C#]own
I will stay i[F]nside
The s[F#]aved
It's a good [Bb]mourni[G#]ng [C#]
They will ign[F]ite you
The doo[F#]med
And [Bb]I will w[G#]rite for you

[F#]Of a boy, damaged goods
[C#]Of a bench, understood
[F]For a spell, the soul resides
[Bb]In a yellow c[G#]halk outline

[F#]Carry on the camel's back
[F#]Have another heart attack
[C#]To the cure [F]I would drive
[Bb]Played that scene a h[G#]undred times to d[F#]ate

[F#]Today's amb[C#]ition, to rel[F]ate
In a [Bb]sustaining [G#]saccharine [F#]state
Impart the bu[C#]rden and get w[F]ell
It's what ev[Bb]eryone's t[G#]rying to s[Bb]ell

[F] [F#] [G#] [A] [Bb]
[F] [F#]

Any[G#]thing you w[F]ant it to [F#]be
Weigh the s[C#]creenplay and [F]revise
[Bb]Warp, [G#]warp, [F#]warp with the c[C#]ontortionist
So [F]hopelessly [Bb]ill-fated [G#]everyda[C#]y

He will stay [F]inside
The do[F#]omed
It's a good [Bb]mourni[G#]ng to l[C#]oom
They will ins[F]pire him
The s[F#]aved [Bb]Innocent[G#]ly filling [Bb]graves