Poison Oak

poison oak by bright eyes tabbed by christinaayers Verse : read from left to right A - x02220 Aadd11 - x00220 Dmaj9 - 200220 E - 022100 Chorus : A - x02220 Aadd11 - x00220 Dmaj9 - 200220 Bm11 - 020220 Asus2 - x02200 after "i still believed in war" part you play an ( A ) chord and pull off , hammer on and pull off on the B string 2nd fret ( Asus2 - - x02200 ) then play ( A ) before switching to the ( Dmaj9 ) chord . A Aadd11 A Aadd11 A Aadd11 poison oak , some boyhood bravery A Aadd11 when the telephone was a tin can on a string Dmaj9 E and i fell asleep with you still talking to me A Aadd11 you said you weren’t afraid to die A Aadd11 A Aadd11 in polaroids you were dressed in women’s clothes A were you made ashamed , Aadd11 why’d you lock them in the drawer? Dmaj9 E well i don’t think that i ever loved you more A than when you turned away Aadd11 when you slammed the door Dmaj9 Bm11 when you stole a car drove , towards mexico A Aadd11 and you wrote bad checks just to fill your arm Dmaj9 Bm11 i was young enough , i still believed in war A Asus2 A Dmaj9 A Asus2 A Dmaj9 A Aadd11 E Dmaj9 but let the poets cry themselves to sleep E Dmaj9 and all their tearful words would turn back into steam A Aadd11 but me , i’m a single cell on a serpent’s tongue Dmaj9 Bm11 and there’s a muddy field where a garden was A and i’m glad you got away Aadd11 but i’m still stuck out here Dmaj9 Bm11 my clothes are soaking wet from your brother’s tears A Aadd11 A Asus2 A Aadd11 E Dmaj9 and i never thought this life was possible E Dmaj9 you’re the yellow bird that i’ve been waiting for A Aadd11 the end of paralysis i was a statuette Dmaj9 Bm11 now i’m drunk as hell on a piano bench A Aadd11 and when i press the keys it all gets reversed Dmaj9 Bm11 the sound of loneliness makes me happier A Aadd11 Dmaj9 A Aadd11 Dmaj9 A Aadd11 A Aadd11 A