[Verse riff]
e|--------------|-------------------|
B|--------------|-------------------|
G|--------------|-------------------|
D|--------------|-------------------|
A|---------3-5--|--------------3-5--|
E|--5--5-5------|--5-5-5-5-5-5------|
 
 [Chorus riff]
e|--------------|-------------------|
B|--------------|-------------------|
G|--------------|-------------------|
D|---------2----|-------------------|
A|-----------5--|--------------5-3--|
E|--5--5-5------|--3-3-3-3-3-3------|
 
 
[Intro]
Am7   D7
(vamp starting with left-handed mutes)
 
 
[Verse]
           Am7      D7
It's really too bad
              Am7              D7
He became a prisner of his own past
               Am7                       D7
He stabbed the moment in the back with a round thumbtack
     Am7                 D7
That held up the list of thing he got to do
 
           Am7      D7
It's really no good
            Am7                     D7
He's moving on before he understood
            Am7                                D7
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
         Am7                            D7
From the places he'd seen because he forgot to look
 
 
[Chorus]
       Am7                    D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G                      C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
       Am7                    D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G                      C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
 
 
[Break]
Am7   D7 x4
(vamp)
 
 
[Verse]
       Am7                 D7
Well I guess you could say
        Am7                      D7
That he don't even know where to begin
           Am7                          D7
'Cause he looked both ways but he was so afraid
        Am7                              D7
Diggin' deep into the ditch every chance he missed
 
        Am7          D7
And the mess he made
        Am7                       D7
'Cause hate is such a strong word
          Am7                      D7
And every brick he laid, a mistake they say
         Am7                           D7
That his walls are getting taller, his world is getting smaller
 
 
[Chorus]
       Am7                    D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G                      C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
       Am7                    D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G                      C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
 
 
[Break]
Am7 x4
(hits)
 
Am7   D7 x4
(vamp)
 
 
[Verse]
           Am7      D7
It's really too bad
              Am7               D7
He became a prisoner of his own past
               Am7                       D7
He stabbed the moment in the back with a round thumbtack
     Am7                 D7
That held up the list of thing he got to do
 
           Am7      D7
It's really no good
            Am7                     D7
He's moving on before he understood
            Am7                                D7
He shot the future in the foot with every step he took
         Am7                            D7
From the places he'd seen because he forgot to look
 
 
[Chorus]
       Am7                    D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G                      C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
       Am7                    D7
Better staple it together and call it bad weather
G                      C
Staple it together and call it bad weather
 
 
[Final Chorus]
       Am7                    D7
If the weather gets better we should get together
G                         C
Spend a little time or we could do whatever
    Am7                         D7
And if we get together we'd be twice as clever
   G                      C
So staple it together and call it bad weather
 
 
[Outro]
Am7   D7 x4
 
Am7   D7   G   C x2