Chords for Jeremy Jordan- "The Answer" from THE BLACK SUITS by Joe Iconis

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When a fire starts in the hall, how much time do you have before it spreads to [G] the deck? _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ Minutes, hours, _ [G] what time is it anyway? _ _ _
_ [D] How do you tell your uncle that you want to quit school and just play with [G] your band? _ _ _ _ _
[D] When a fire starts burning, how much time do you have before it burns [G] itself out? _ _ _ _ _
And [D] why do I feel like I'm choking lately?
[G] What am I doing here? _ _ _
[D] And why do I feel like I'm choking lately?
What am I [G] looking for? _ _
[Bm] Maybe school, [A] maybe love, or maybe none [G] of the above is [D] the answer. _ _ _ _
Maybe for [A] once I'll really try, I'll fuck it [G] all and just get high,
because [E] that's an answer, _ feels like an answer.
[G] And who do I want to be? _
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_ What's the furthest distance a ship can be from the shore before it [G] loses its signal? _ _ _ _ _
[D] What's the furthest distance a ship can be from the shore before it loses its signal? _ _ _ _
And why do I feel like I'm choking lately?
What am I doing here? _ _
And why do I feel like I'm choking lately?
[G] What am I looking for? _ _
[Bm] Maybe school, [A] maybe love, [F#m] or maybe none of [G] the above [D] is the answer. _ _ _ _
[Bm] Maybe for once [A] I'll really try, I'll fuck it [G] all and just get high,
because [D] that's an answer. _ _ _ _
Maybe [Bm] I'll [A] rest my arm, hold [A] me up for a fuck's sake of the bar,
and [D] steal the answer. _ _ _
[Bm] I'll get a job [A] and I'll get paid, [F#m] hook it up to a friend [G] any day,
and [D] get the answer, get the answer.
I'm [B] ready, I'll be [A] ready for war, give up my [G] smoke, fast talk some [D] more,
I need an answer.
_ _ Oh, should I [A] really shave my hair?
Why not have [D] me wiped it?
Why [E] not be dead?
Why not be [C] loved?
Or maybe none of the above is [G] the answer.
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] Maybe it's okay that [E] I don't have a plan, [D] I don't have a clue.
_ I'm 19 and [F] that doesn't mean I [E] should know exactly [D] what I want to do.
Right?
[G] I'm 19, that [F] doesn't mean that [E] I should know what [D] I want to do.
_ _ But I've got time to [Bm] make mistakes, make [Am] up my mind,
[F#m] I've got time [G] enough to find [D] out all the answers.
_ _ _ _ But I'm scared [A] and I'm afraid that a decision [G] won't get made,
and I'll [Em] be like this forever.
[D] I need help, need extra help to find the answer.
What's the answer?
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I _ _ [G] don't know.
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ I don't know. _ _
_ I _ don't [G] know. _
_ [D] _ I [Bm] don't [D] know.
_ _ [A] I [D] don't know.
_ I _ [G] _ don't know.
_ _ _ [A] I [Bm] don't know.
[G] _ _ [D] I don't know.
I don't know.
[G] No, no, no.
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