Odie Leigh - Chutes

                [Intro]
G   Gm   F
..........
G   Gm   F
..........
G   Gm   F
..........
G   Gm   F
..........

[verse 1]
G
..He smokes another cigarette
                   
He's got the posture of an honest man
               Gm
And now he's floating

Through my city
          Gm               F 
Got some quarters in his jeans
    G
And he knows he's pretty
  
He's got the confidence
             
For these type of things
       Gm
Somehow i pulled him

From the corner
     Gm                F 
Of a bar across the street

[pre-chorus]
G
..And while i'm shades of flattered
            
At some good romance and manners
      Gm             
Oh i fear i'm doing better
         Gm               F  
With no hands to comfort me

[chorus]
     G         
And i say it doesn't matter
                        
I pretend love's chutes and ladders
      Gm                 
I'll pr?tend love's chutes and ladders
           Gm                 F 
'till the game stops playing me

[verse 2]
     G        
He smokes another cigarette
            
This time i'm watching
             
From my lover's bed
       Cm 
Where spent a couple evenings
      Gm                  F
Though i never get much sleep
    G
And i can't help thinking
                      
Is this moving all too quick
          Cm                    
I know i swore i wouldn't stick around
     Gm                F   C
For more than just a week...

[pre-chorus]
      G 
And while i'm shades of flattered

At some bedside table banter
      Cm            
Oh i fear i'm doing better
         Gm               F 
With no hands to comfort me

[chorus]
    G            
And i say it doesn't matter
              
I pretend love's chutes and ladders
      Cm             
I'll pretend love's chutes and ladders
           Gm                F
'till the game stops playing me

[bridge]
    Cm                   Gm
And he, he doesn't even notice it
          Cm                 Gm
That i'm sinking in way too deep
Cm                         Gm
..And he, he doesn't even keep it in
            Cm                     Gm   F
All those promises we would never keep...

[verse 3]
G                   
He smokes another cigarette
          
This time i'm sitting right across from him
      Cm   
At a table, at a park
Gm                     F   C
..Where we decide to meet...
G
..And now i'm choking
        
On the things i'll never say to him
          Cm    
'cause i know he won't remember
          Gm               F  
All the things he said to me

[pre-chorus]
G 
..And while i'm shades of flattered
                  
At some good romance and manners
   Cm  
Oh i fear i'm doing better
         Gm               F 
With no hands to comfort me

[chorus]
    G 
And i say it doesn't matter
               
I pretend love's chutes and ladders
      Cm       
I'll pretend love's chutes and ladders
           Gm                 F
'till the game stops playing me

[outro]
     G 
He smokes another cigarette

And i'm on fire
        G  
I'm on fire
         
I'm on fire
G
..He smokes another cigarette

And i'm on fire
        G 
I'm on fire
         G 
I'm on fire