PUP – Scorpion Hill chords

[Intro]
E              A             EUp on Scorpion Hill watching life
                          BPassing me by in the pale moonlight
E                                            C#mAnd I sat there forever, three sheets to the wind
BIt's not helping my case, the state that I'm in
A                     EBut it's not how they told you
A                  EMy intentions were good
A                                  EI was just bursting apart like the end of the ark
C#m                      F#m        AHolding on to whatever I could


[Verse 1]
E A E A C#m B A

E                           B                     AA square of light moves its way through the empty room
E                         F#mAcross the stained yellow carpet
E                 B           ALike a ghost of myself in the afternoon
            CHaunting my basement apartment
B           CI looked in to the mirror
C#m               AHanging behind my door
B                             CThe glass was cracked and the man staring back
C#m                   AHe don't look like me anymore
           BAnd if the world is gonna burn
     CEveryone should get a turn to light it up


[Chorus]
E B C#m A (x2)

E B
C#m  A   E    B    C#m  A            E BDown and out, I've been on the rocks
C#m  A    E           A           F#mI've been having some pretty dark thoughts
                    B   CmYeah, I like them a lot


[Verse 2]
E A E A C#m B A

E             B                          ATime and time again, well I've tried and failed to get my act together
E                     G#m                        AAnd I'll admit lately things really went off the rails
CI know that you deserve better
B                   CBut in the morning, as I was boarding
C#m                   AThe commuter train to work
B                               CThe boss was calling, he said, "There's been cutbacks and
C#m                  AI'm sorry you're the first"
BAnd If I can't support the two of us
CmHow can I support a third?


[Chorus]
E B

C#m  A   E    B    C#m  A            E BDown and out, I've been on the rocks
C#m  A    E           A           F#mI've been having some pretty dark thoughts


[Bridge]
BAnd I'm on the brink
EFalling deep into debt
AFalling deep into drink
F#mI can drown those regrets
                BI don't have to think
A                         ENow I'm working the night shift
A             EAsleep at the wheel
A                           EI was bursting apart like a flame from a spark
C#m       F#mThinkin' "Jesus, this can't be for real"


[Verse 3]
A               EMy sweat-soaked mattress
A              ECorner of the room
A              ECigarettes and matches
C#m            F#mIn the fading afternoon
AAnd a picture of my kid, yeah, he's smiling
                      EIt's the first day of school


[Outro]
E B C#m A (x4)

F#m                    B                  EShe said, "I found the gun, it was buried beneath
         E                                  F#mPiles of clothes in the room where your son sleeps
             B                             EAnd I can't pretend, to know how this will end"