D   Em G

[Verse 1]

D
Well, all I hear is, "Patience"

All I have are missed bank payments
Em              G                       D
I can't keep my head above the nonsense

This ain't gonna make me famous

But I can't eat off this paycheck
Em            G
My dreams are quick-drying cement
D
Slipping thought the tips of my fingers

Fill my pockets
       Em           G
Cannonball into the black when I hear you say


[Chorus]
D                        Em     G
"It won't be this bleak forever (Yeah right)
D                         Em   G
It won't be this bleak forever (And I hope you're right)
D                         Em   G
It won't be this bleak forever (Have you seen me lately?)
D                         Em    G
It won't be this bleak forever" (Yeah right)


[Verse 2]
D
It's like I'm falling deeper and deeper
                                Em
Thinking someday I just need a miracle
      G                    D
Need about 30 goddamn miracles

Well you say, "Be your own god"
                              Em
You say, "You're sane, so get yourself right
   G
So we can start again"
D
I'm so preoccupied with my own life
                         Em
I can't see the world is burning down
            G
Until we're living under water


[Chorus]
D                        Em     G
"It won't be this bleak forever (Yeah right)
D                         Em   G
It won't be this bleak forever (And I hope you're right)
D                         Em   G
It won't be this bleak forever (Have you seen me lately?)
D                         Em    G
It won't be this bleak forever" (Yeah right)

Bm G D Em

[Bridge]
Bm
          G                D
And I'm stuck here pulling out threads
         Em                    Bm
But this won't move in reverse
         G               D
And I'll die here in the Midwest
            Em
Why can't I live with that?


[Chorus]
D                        Em     G
"It won't be this bleak forever (Yeah right)
D                         Em   G
It won't be this bleak forever (And I hope you're right)
D                         Em   G
It won't be this bleak forever (Have you seen me lately?)
D                         Em    G
It won't be this bleak forever" (Yeah right)


[Outro]
D                         Em     G
It can't be this bleak forever
D                         Em     G
It can't be this bleak forever
D                         Em
It can't be this bleak forever
G
Have you seen me lately?
D                         Em
It can't be this bleak forever
G