Wait For The Sirens To Pass chords

Capo 5th fret, standard tuning.

[C] Things seem so opposite [E7]
More and more [Am]
Everyday [G]

[C] I'm asleep when I'm wide awake[E7]
And the sun s[Am]hines
When it rains[G]

[C] Feels like I'm lying when
I'm te[E7]lling the truth
And it hur[Am]ts
How it pain[G]s

When they ask how[C] I'm doing
And i just smile[E7] in reply
I say &qu[Am]ot;Thanks
I'm ok[G]ay"

I'm just [C]stumblin'
I'm just [E7]drunk again [Am]
It's not my fault anyway [G]

Just some so[C]ng I wrote
Just some he[E7]art I broke [Am]
Another ball and chain [G]

[C] My father put down hi[E7]s guitar
And he spoke [Am]
His refrai[G]n

He said "[C] ;You can write songs 'till you're blue in the fa[E7]ce
But son nothi[Am]n's
Gonna change[G]"

And I thi[C]nk of that now as I'm writing this d[E7]own
trying to catch[Am]
Your gaze[G]

With some pretty [C]words, wrapped in metaphors [E7]
Hoping I can leave yo[Am]u
On a page[G]

Take what's k[C]illing me,
Light it with [E7] kerosene, [Am]
Turn and walk away [G]

May each v[C]erse I write
Be my last c[E7]ompromise [Am]
To simply numb the pain [G]

Because you kn[C]ow as well as I do[E7] [Am]
That these things [F]will fade[G] [C]

**Guitar 1 Solo** [C] [E7] [Am] [G] (2x)

[C] I know a woman who lives alone [E7]
In a h[Am]ouse
Down the way [G]

Who wears a beautifu[C]l gown
And a thor[E7]ny crown
And hangs paintin[Am]gs without frames [G]

She wa[C]ters her plants
And feeds her shepard d[E7]og that's locked up [Am]
With no name [G]

And every now and[C] again
Something falls an[E7]d breaks
And dark[Am]ness leads the way [G]

'Cause when her husban[C]d died
There was no bli[E7]nding light [Am]
Just an empty grave [G]

Now her [C]hallowed god
Is just a [E7] calloused fraud [Am]
And no one's ever saved [G]

[C] Sometimes I hear her sing songs so true [E7]
They remind [Am]me
Of a pl[G]ace

That I'v[C]e never been
But her voic[E7]e captures me, and I'm forced [Am]
To retrac[G]e

The ste[C]ps to her door
Where I hide[E7] and listen, 'till her dog barks [Am]
From its cage [G]

And she straig[C]htens up,
Looks righ[E7]t at me, and demands [Am]
In a wispy way [G]

She says [C] "Who are you?"
"What are you [E7] going to do?" [Am]
"Come out and show your face" [G]

I said [C] "Ma'm I've tried
My en---t[E7]ire life [Am]
To try and answer that phrase [G]

But if[C] you sing[E7] anothe[Am]r song,
I think we'd be [F]
[G]O-ka[C]y

(Let ring)
And shou[C]ld we all die tomorr[E7]ow [Am]
At least we had [F]
[G]To-da[C]y