Tonart: Eb major
Verse 1
D
His first kicking came on January 1st
They said, "Welcome to the club,
We'll take your shoes
and your shirt."
And he wore his nosebleed
like a red rosette
And it was a prize he would win
Verse 2
again and again and again.
D
G
D
He had to find an escape route.
G
Verse 3
D
It was a rumour,
but it soon became true
When he was drunk in the suburbs
With a boy from a different school.
All his good friends soon left him for dead
Now he stands staring down
at the Clyde from a bridge
Verse 4
D
And then he saw an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
A
D
From the bitches and bruises
G
D
A
He chose Ohio to run to
G
A
D
Interlude 1
C
D
G
D
Verse 5
just as he perched
On the amber lit bridge,
his whole face pursed
G
D
It had a ring to it in American songs
As a glittering release from
his crippling curse
Verse 6
D
C
He dreamt of the place of
G
D
a cinematic space
And all the pointing fingers
G
A
D
they just melted away
But who knows,
G
A
maybe he'll never take flight
D
G
D
But he swears Ohio pulled him
G
D
from the bridge that night
Verse 7
D
And it became an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and beatings
G
D
A
G
A
Midwestern chest to fall into
D
Interlude 2
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G
Bm
D
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G
F#m
Verse 8
D
Bm
Some are saved by the good arms
G
D
Em
Some are saved by the church
D
F#m
Some get saved by the skin of their teeth
G
By the thought that it couldn't
F#m
D
get much worse
Verse 9
F#m
Some are saved by professors
G
Bm
Some are saved by police
D
F#m
Some get saved by a distant place
G
D
By an impossible American dream
F#m
We all need an es
Verse 10
D
cape
G
D
A
D
route
G
D
We all need an escape route
A
G
A
G
From the punches and kicks
Bm
The fingernails and the pricks
D
All the sharp little knives
A
In the dark pockets of life
G
From the bitches and bruises
D
From the burden of youth
A
The public hangings and stonings
Bm
Save us from fellow humans
G
A
Just give us an escape route
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