Dead End

Jason Mraz - Dead End From track 1 of Selections for Friends "Welcome To Schubas The EMinor EP in FSharp" Mraz uses four basic jazz chords for most of the song: 2x42x0 x9799x x5x45x during verse or x5453x during breakdown x4342x I didn't take time to mark out where they all land during the verse, but they're played that order throughout. There is also: 244322 x7999x Intro/verse chords: e------0---------0----------------------------------------------| b------x----9----x-----9-------5---5-----2----------------------| G------2----9----2-----9-------4---4-----4----------------------| D------4----7----4-----7-------x---x-----3----------------------| A------x--9-9----x---9-9---5-5---5---4-4-4--0h2h4p2p0-----------| E--2-2-2-------2-2------------------------------------4---------| Verse 1: say easily with me well i show affection but it's creeping up creeping up on me in another direction i love a ride and i know someday I’m gonna buy it so i try to ask no questions but the weary one is often me well do you think it's obsession Breakdown: the smoke will find you a choker that matches your coat not fit to be tied the mirror it makes it all clearer as you stand alone and can see your behind (scat) Verse 2: well they tried it and they like to say nobody would believe this yes you tried it and you liked it but nobody could ever conceive of it the way you stayed up locked away up keeping the flame for yourself the way you played it out pushing the blame of reaping the fame for yourself Bridge: oh, it's a it's a dead end it’s ts ts ts ts ts dead end day it's a dead, a lonely day said it’s it's a dead end and it’s ts ts ts ts ts dead end thing it's a dead end, a lonely day and it's a long way a long way down sing it again and it's a long, long way it’s a long way down Long it’s a long way-ee-ay Verse 3 (Here just palm mute the base notes of the verse chords): change is coming baby don't be startled lady every once in awhile they do it again you're gonna shake it, shake it you know you wanna take it back to where you once belonged back beneath the sheets and between the pillow cases and the snake he races out and then he tangles into your hair oh, funny the fruits you choose oh the time it takes the words you lose and it all goes back to rotation over the back of your hand said the back of your hand said the back of your hand well the map is your hand it's the back of your hand s-s-said the back of your hand you know the map is your hand oh you better take pictures and remember what you can cause it's a long, long way and it's a long, long way-ee and it's a long, long, mm it’s a long, lo-ong way down cause it's a long way, long way down oooh it’s a long ooo-oo-ooh h = hammer p = pull