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G   (320003)
D/F#(200232)
Em  (022000)
A   (x02220)
Gm  (355333)

don't play the high e string during the verses.

Intro:  D    Em    G    G  (X2)
D                  Em
Tile floor of the bathroom
G
Scrubbed clean and bright
          D       Em   G
Checkerboard white and grey
D               Em             G
Towels from the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Kingston Jamaica
     D       Em        G
I can still see the rust colored stains today
            A
The stage is set
          D                             G
Someone's going to do something someone else will regret
G          A                 D           G
I speak in smoke signals and you answer in code
Gm                            D
The fuse will have to run out sometime
G            A             D             G
Something here will eventually have to explode
G           D       Em      G      G
Have to explode