Locked Up - The Avett Brothers

Locked Up chords

[Intro]
G
 
[Verse]
 
G
I can't take the criticism
    C
I'm eaten up with cynicism
Em                          Am          D7
All the colors in the prism entering my eyes
C           D7        G
Still can't change my mind
 
      G
I'm a stubborn goat getting older
  C
A cube of ice getting colder
  Em                                 Am                D7
A frozen heart and frozen shoulders, that is what I've got
C            D7   G
A sweetheart I am not
 
         G              C
Now I'll soften when it pays the bills

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     G             C
I'll love you in exchange for thrills
    G              C
Our service calls, withdrawal kills
      G                      C     G
I can smell fresh blood from miles away
 
[Chorus]
 
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way,
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this, oh, no,
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way
 
[Verse]
 
G
Now I have been their slave but I'm tired of workin'
C
A jackhammer tired of jerking
      Em                              Am                    D7
I'm a booty-shaker tired of twerking, you can laugh all you want
C                    D7      G
Soon enough, though, I'll be gone
 
      G
I'm a dying fly on the wall
      C
I'm a teenage girl who just won't call
      Em                      Am           D7
I'm a deflated basketball, no needle to be found
C          D7         G
And I just want to be round
 
[Bridge]
 
         G              C
So I can roam, so I can bounce
         Am               D7
So I can roll out of this town
 
[Chorus]
 
        C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this,
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way, oh, no,
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this
 
[Verse]
 
            G
Now I'm the worst ship that was ever built
          C
I started sinking soon as the champagne spilled
        Em                                    Am              D7
All the dirty secrets in my quilt, they won't come out in the wash
    C    D7       G
Somebody help, my gosh
 
      G
I'm a beating heart off the beaten path
    C
The god of shame, fear my wrath
       Em                      Am              D7
Can my filthy soul take a bath in the light of you?
C      D7       G
In the light of truth?
C      D7       G
In the light of you
 
[Chorus]
 
G           C         D7      G
No, I can't be locked up like this,
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up this way, oh, no,
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this,
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this (Oh, no),
G       C         D7      G
I can't be locked up like this