Redecorate

Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro]
Em
There was a wonderful structure to the city
                            Bm F#m
And it put my cares to rest 
Bm
  Ooh ooh ooh
F#m
   Ooh ooh ooh
 
 
[Verse 1]
Bm
Taking inventory of his life
           Bm
Seeing snapshots chronologically inline
                   F#m
Something told him he should look around and tidy up
             F#m
He collected many things but never quite enough
      Bm
Tried looking at it from a new perspective
            Bm
Flat on his back but he still heard the directive
                 F#m
Orders from that corner where that shadow always lived
               F#m
Never asked permission, he just hopes that they forgive
 
 
[Chorus]
                D
I don't want to go like this (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
         Bm
At least let me clean my room
                F#m
I don't want to leave like this (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
           E
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
D                              Bm
Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
F#m
Should they keep it on display
E N.C.
  Or redecorate?
 
 
[Verse 2]
Bm
Blankets over mirrors, she tends to like it
           Bm
She's not afraid of her reflection
 
But of what she might see behind it
F#m
She had plans to change her name, yeah
F#m                           N.C.
Just not the traditional way, yeah
Bm
Haunted by a couple big mistakes
                   Bm
She covers all the dents with the way she decorates
                       F#m
Then one night she got cold with no blankets on her bed
                           F#m
So she ripped them off the mirror, stepped back and she said
 
 
[Chorus]
                D
I don't want to go like this (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
         Bm
At least let me clean my room
                F#m
I don't want to leave like this (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
           E
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
D                              Bm
Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
F#m
Should they keep it on display
E N.C.
  Or redecorate?
 
 
[Instrumental]
F#m Bm F#m Bm
 
[Bridge]
         F#m
With the bells and the whistles scaled back
                Bm
Like an isolated  track
                                         F#m
And he feels trapped when he's not inebriated
                                                 Bm
Fair to say he's fairly sedated most days of the week
 
He might have made it if he lived on a different street
    F#m
I repeat, scaled back and isolated
                    Bm
He says he likes an open schedule, but he mostly hates it
                         F#m
If you're running to his room, take a breath before you break-in
                       Bm                    F#m      Bm
Put your ear up to the door, tell me can you hear him saying?
 
 
[Chorus]
                D
I don't want to go like this
         Bm
At least let me clean my room
                F#m
I don't want to leave like this
           E
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
D                              Bm
Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
F#m
Should they keep it on display
E N.C.
  Or redecorate?
                D
I don't want to go like this (Go like this)
         Bm
At least let me clean my room (Clean my room)
                F#m
I don't want to leave like this (Leave like this)
           E
'Cause the last thing I want to do is (To do is)
D                              Bm
Make my people make decisions, wondering what to do, oh
F#m
Should they keep it on display (On display)
E N.C.
  Or redecorate?
 
 
[Outro]
D           Bm
 Oh-oh-oh-oh
F#m            E
   Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
Or redecorate?
D            Bm
  Oh-oh-oh-oh
F#m           E
   Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
Or redecorate?