Scarecrow Chords

SCARECROW
As recorded by Jett Holden
(From the 2024 Album THE PHOENIX)
 
 
Capo 2nd fret
 
 
[Intro]
Dm  Am   F   C   G  N.C.
 
 
[Verse 1]
    Dm            Am
The corners of my mind
                          F
They lie shattered on the ground
                           C
And if I stay here for too long
                               G
They'll cut too deep for me to stand
        Dm                 Am
I could pick the pieces up
                                F
And place my mind back shard by shard
                                     C
But there's no adhesive strong enough
                    G
To keep me holding on
 
 
[Chorus]
              Dm           Am
But there's a difference between being fine
                 F
And holding it together
                        C                      G
I'm just trying my best to survive til morning
              Dm           Am
And there's a difference between loving you
                     F
And dealing with the shit you do
                         C                         G
Sometimes it's better to be miserable, than lonely
         Dm         Am                               F
And if I only had a brain, said the scarecrow to the bird.
                        C
Then I'd find the words to say
                          G
So that you wouldn't fly away.
  Dm            Am
I wish I were a tin man,
                          F
Then I'd have no heart to break.
                            C
But I'm afraid that I'm the lion
                      G
With no pride left to take.
 
 
[Interlude]
Dm  Am   F   C   G  N.C.
 
 
[Verse 2]
    Dm            Am
The whiskey on my breath
                         F
Speaks the story I won't tell
                     C
If anyone should ask
                          G
I'll always say I'm doing well
      Dm           Am
Cause I'm nobody's fool
                    F
As long as Nobody's your name
                   C
Picture perfect is the portrait
                     G
Hanging in the frame
 
 
[Chorus]
              Dm           Am
But there's a difference between being fine
                 F
And holding it together
                        C                      G
I'm just trying my best to survive til morning
              Dm           Am
And there's a difference between loving you
                     F
And dealing with the shit you do
                         C                         G
Sometimes it's better to be miserable, than lonely
         Dm         Am                               F
And if I only had a brain, said the scarecrow to the bird.
                        C
Then I'd find the words to say
                          G
So that you wouldn't fly away.
  Dm            Am
I wish I were a tin man,
                          F
Then I'd have no heart to break.
                            C
But I'm afraid that I'm the lion
                      G
With no pride left to take.
 
 
[Bridge]
        Dm
And I'm terrified to fall
            G
I've never been the kind to risk it all
     C          Bb
On unfavorable odds
     F
It's never worth the cost you pay
  E
A fine line on a tightrope
E
No net to catch your blunder
E
If you topple it won't matter
E
You'll be buried six feet under
 
 
[Chorus]
     Dm         Am                               F
If I only had a brain, said the scarecrow to the bird.
                        C
Then I'd find the words to say
                          G
So that you wouldn't fly away.
  Dm            Am
I wish I were a tin man,
                          F
Then I'd have no heart to break.
                            C
But I'm afraid that I'm the lion
                      G  Fm
With no pride left to take.
 
 
[Outro]
Dm  Am   F   C   G
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