Sic Transit Gloria Glory Fades

[Intro]
Cm Ab Cm
Ab

[Verse 1]
Cm
  Keep the noise low
She doesn't wanna blow it
Ab
Shaking head to toe while
your left hand does "the show me around"
Cm
  Quickens your heartbeat
                                 Ab
It beats me straight into the ground
Cm
  You don't recover from a night like this
  Ab
A victim, still lying in bed,
completely motionless
Cm
  A hand moves in the dark to a zipper
       Ab
Hear a boy bracing tight against sheets
                Eb                 Cm
barely whisper, "This is so messed up"
Upon arrival the guests had all stared
Ab
Dripping wet and clearly depressed,
he'd headed straight for the stairs
Cm
  No longer cool, but a boy in a stitch,
          Ab
unprepared  for a life full of lies and failing
        Cm
relationships
He keeps his hands low
He doesn't wanna blow it
     Ab
He's wet from head to toe and
his eyes give her the up and the down
Cm
  His stomach turns and he thinks of throwing up
        Ab
But the body on the bed beckons forward
and he starts growing up

[Chorus]
Cm               Eb
The fever, the focus
    Cm                           Fm
The reasons that I had to believe  you weren't too hard to
sell
Ab                  Fm        Eb    Cm
  Die young and save  yourself  The tickle,
         Eb
the taste  of
   Cm                              Fm
It used to be the reason I breathed  but now it's choking
me up
Ab                  Fm
  Die young and save  yourself

[Verse 2]
Cm
  She hits the lights
This doesn't seem quite fair
        Ab
Despite everything he learned from his friends,
he doesn't feel so prepared
Cm
  She's breathing quiet and smooth
             Ab
He's gasping for air
Cm
  "This is the first and last time,
"he says
Ab
  She fakes a smile and presses her hips into his
Cm
  He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides
     Ab
He's holding back from telling her
                            Eb
exactly what it really feels  like
Cm
  He is the lamb, she is the slaughter
      Ab
She's moving way too fast and all he wanted was to hold her
Cm
Nothing that he tells her is really having an effect
   Ab
He whispers that he loves her,
but she's probably only looking for se..
.
Cm
  So much more than he could ever give
  Ab
A life free of lies and a meaningful relationship
Cm
  He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides
   Ab
He waits for it to end
and for the aching in his guts to subside

[Chorus]
Cm               Eb
The fever, the focus
    Cm                           Fm
The reasons that I had to believe  you weren't too hard to
sell
Ab                  Fm        Eb    Cm
  Die young and save  yourself  The tickle,
         Eb
the taste  of
   Cm                              Fm
It used to be the reason I breathed  but now it's choking
me up
Ab                  Fm        Eb Cm
  Die young and save  yourself

[Bridge]
Cm Eb Cm Eb Cm
Ab Cm Ab Fm Eb Fm Eb Cm Ab Bb Cm Ab Eb Cm
Ab Cm Ab Fm Eb Fm Eb Cm Ab Cm Ab Eb

[Interlude]
Cm Ab Cm Ab

[Chorus]
Cm                Eb
The people, the focus
    Cm                           Fm
The reasons that I had to believe  you weren't too hard to
settle
Ab                  Fm        Eb     Cm
  Die young and save  yourself  They take all the
     Eb
taste  out
   Cm                              Fm
It used to be the reason that we're  even,
now it's choking me up
Die young and save yourself