Cowboy Mouth - How do you tell someone

Credit goes to Pete Rasche
This is a full lyrical version with slightly different tabs
(mine sound cleaner to me)

Chords:

G  = 3 2 0 0 3 3 (Pete had 3 2 0 0 3 0)
D  = X X 0 3 2 3 (Pete had 0 0 0 3 2 3)
C  = X 3 2 0 3 0 (Pete had 0 3 2 0 3 0)
Em = 0 2 2 0 0 0

G		 D		 C	       G
Tina says "don't talk to me like I am deaf and dumb
      G		      D		   C		  D
we've broken down and broken up so much that I am numb
G		  D		   C		  G
talk about, don't shout about, the people we've become"
	  G		    C	   D	G
There's a little girl who's crying over here.

G		       D   	      C	           G	
Michael says, "Don't shout at me like I was born a fool,"
      G                 D                   C                D
"You speak of love then scream of love, now dare to treat me cruel."
G                  D                C                      D   
"Nothing's fair in love and war, so please let's make some rules."
          G                C      D    G   
There's a little boy who's crying over here.

	       Em          C		     D
Did you really know me?  I swear that I have tried.
               Em          C                D
Did you really need me?  I feel like I just died.
               Em          C                 D
Did you really want me?  I swear that I have tried.

Chorus:
G		    C		  D
How do you tell someone you don't love them?
G		    C		  D
How do you tell someone you don't care anymore?
G		    C		  D	       C
How do you tell someone you don't love them anymore?

G               D                C            G
Tina says, "The pictures that we took are put away,"
   G             D             C              D
"Inside a box of memories, for cold and rainy days."
G            D           C                  G
"Poems in pencil rhyming things you'd never say."
          G                 C      D    G
There's a little girl who's crying over here.

G               D                  C           G
Michael's old engagement picture's in a wooden box.
    G               D                  C          D
His wooden heart is tough as nails and solid as a rock.
G                D             C           G
Keeps himself protected with a combination lock.
          G                C      D    G
There's a little boy who's crying over here.

             Em          C                 D
Did you ever know me?  I swear that I have tried.
             Em          C                D
Did you ever need me?  I feel like I just died.
             Em          C                 D
Did you ever want me?  I swear that I have tried.

Repeat Chorus

 Em       D        C
(Fighting makes me tired.)  In my eyes...
 Em     D        C
(Crying makes me tired.)  There's a star...
 Em      D        C
(Hurting makes me tired.)  Hold me tight...
 Em    D        C
(Lying makes me tired.)

G             D               C              G
Tina says, "I wish that I had never seen you smile."
      G               D             C          D
"Your name is written on my soul in alphabetic file."
G                  D           C               G
"All I've got's my dignity, so i will leave in style."
          G             C      D    G
There's a million of us crying over here.

             Em          C                 D
Did you ever know me?  I swear that I have tried.
             Em          C                D
Did you ever need me?  I feel like I just died.
             Em          C       D
Did you ever want me?  I swear I swear...

Repeat Chorus x2

Em           D                    C      
Every time I talk to you, there's no one listening.
Em           D                      C
Every time I reach for you, there's no one there.
Em                D                    C
And every where I look for you, you're no where to be found...

(finish with a loud strum of the C chord on "found" and let it ring out)

enjoy!

-=Matt