Nothing Beautiful - The Odds Tabbed by Adam Bishop, with corrections by Corey Mang and Adam Bishop Em - 022000 Am - x02210 G - 320033 C - x32010 D - xx0232 F# - 244322 Bm - x24432 E - 022100 B7 - 021202 Em Em First I drank insecticide Am A little more each day Em Followed by dirty and sugary food Am Grown where the light was grey G And later my thoughts were small and sharp C Adapted to their purpose G To extract the fuel from fat C B7 Under the lovely surface C D Em Cause nothing beautiful, nothing beautiful lasts Move to a ghost town for inspiration Start where they'd given up Feed on the seed of the dreams people left out To rot when the going got tough Cockroaches turn adversity To immunity There ain't a niche lower in the animal kingdom Or one with more longevity C D G Cause nothing beautiful, nothing beautiful lasts C D G F# Nothing beautiful, nothing beautiful lasts Bm E Lasts G F# Bm E C D It's easier to deny what's real And what's solid and what you can see You bulldoze the bankrupted buildings Failures, the dust that settles on the trees Cause nothing beautiful, nothing beautiful lasts Nothing beautiful, nothing beautiful lasts Nothing beautiful, nothing beautiful lasts Nothing beautiful, nothing beautiful lasts G F# Bm E Lasts G F# Bm E Lasts G F# Bm E Lasts