Self-Defense Chords by Paul Westerberg

_ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] Cheekbones and [Eb] hormones, your only self [Bb]-defense
[Cm] _ Lying through [Gm] dinner, [Cm] and your rock and [Bb] roll teeth _ [Ab] again
[Gm] You've [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ harbored a [Gm] coward, [Cm] and fed him [Gm] full of broth
[Cm] His nocturnal [Bb] sadness, [Cm] leave you pale [Bb] as this _ [Ab] tablecloth
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] Careful [C] or you spill your dinner, [Eb] that would be [F] a good [C] [Eb] defense
[F] That you [C] wouldn't have to sit [Ab] here _
[Db] on the fence
_ [B] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] Cheekbones and [Eb] hormones, he's the accidental [Gm] man
[Cm] Tell you in [C] a stage whisper, [Eb] about the boy who [Bb] cried [Ab] benefit
_ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] As the poet [Bb] drags the darkness, [Eb] within him to [Bb] the light
[Cm] It's only in [Bb] self-defense, [Eb] will it drag you [Bb] out into [Ab] the night
[Gm] Careful [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] [F] or you [C] spill your dinner, [Eb] [F] that would be your [C] best defense
[Eb] Yeah, [F] but what you [C] go and wish [Ab] for, _ [Db] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
an idiot [Bb] and a genius
[Cm] Standing [Gm] up to dine, [Eb]
breaking [Cm] man-made [Gm] laws
[Cm] Cause I only follow [Bb] those that are [Ab] divine
[Bb] And _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
[Cm] only [Gm] when you're chased, [Eb] do you ever [Gm] run fast
[Eb] And it's wrong to commit [Bb] a suicide, [Eb] it's only in [Bb]
[Ab] self-defense
_ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _