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Picking Up Pieces

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Blue October is an alternative rock band headquartered in San Marcos, Texas, but is originally from Houston, Texas. The band was formed in 1995 when two former high school friends Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals) and Ryan Delahoussaye (violin/viola, mandolin, keyboards, and vocals), set out to create an alternative rock band that has since gone on to have twelve Top 40 singles across nine studio albums and six albums reaching the Top 40 charts.

Current members of Blue October include Justin Furstenfeld (lead vocals)

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PICKING UP PIECES - Blue October
http://youtu.be/lH0m5B3PQUU
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Note: If you aren't worried about playing along with the key of the song,
transpose it one step up. It's much easier to play.

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CAPO 1
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==VERSE==
F C
I really need to talk with you
Dm
I keep stepping on the vein
Bb
That keeps my lifeline flowing through.
F C
I wanna be your perfect stick of glue
Dm
But I don't feel perfect at all,

A Sad and insecure flaw
F C
I find it hard to hold conversations
Dm Bb
I get sweaty, sick, and I wanna walk away
F C
No, it's not you, this is strictly me in this situation
Dm
I'm wondering will it ever go away? Just go away, still...

==PRE-CHORUS==
Gm
Sometimes I feel like weeping
F
Awake and when I'm sleeping
C Dm
Perfecting how to put a game face on
Gm
This puzzle I've been keeping
F
Has been in hiding creeping
C A
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;

==CHORUS==
F Am Dm F Am Dm
How long will I be picking up pieces?
F Am Dm Bb C
How long will I be picking up my heart?

==VERSE==
F C
Listen, I'll be as honest as I feel
Dm
I'm getting more paranoid, and I'm hearing things
Bb F
And they never turn out real.
C
It feels like my heart is made of pure steel,
Dm
It's just so heavy all the time.

==VERSE==
F C
I'm scared of death, I'm scared of living
Dm Bb
I gave up on the past 'cause it's unforgiving
F
I misplaced my trust,
C
I Watched my word begin to rust,
Dm
I'm that balloon about to bust
Bb
I need a place for reliving still -

==PRE-CHORUS==
Gm
Sometimes I feel like weeping
F
Awake and when I'm sleeping
C Dm
Perfecting how to put a game face on
Gm
And This puzzle I've been keeping
F
Has been in hiding creeping
C A
Out the closet door, spilling out onto the floor;

==CHORUS==
F Am Dm F Am Dm
How long will I be picking up pieces?
F Am Dm C Dm
How long will I be picking up my heart?

==BRIDGE==
C Dm
Be Picking up my heart?
C Dm
Be Picking up my heart?
C Dm
Be Picking up my heart?
Bb Dm
Picking up my heart?

Bb F C (x4)

==CHORUS/OUTRO==
F Am Dm
How long (in another space in time) will I be
F Am Dm
Picking up pieces (in the corner of my mind?)
F Am Dm
How long (it's getting oh so hard to find) will I be
F Am Dm
Picking up pieces (in the corner of my mind?) C'mon...

F Am Dm
Whoah... But I still walk on...