The Wrong Direction Lyrics and Chords
Album: All The Little Lights
Capo on 5th fret
Verse 1
………………….F
When I was a kid,
The things I did were
………….C
Hidden under the grid
………………….G
Young and naive,
I never believed that
……………….Am
Love could be so well hid
………….F
With regret I’m willing to bet,
………………..C
And say the older you get
…………G
It gets harder to forgive
………………..Am
And harder to forget
…F
It gets under your shirt
………..C
Like a dagger at work
…….G
The first cut is the deepest
………….Am
But the rest still flipping hurt
…….F
You build your heart of plastic
…….C
Get cynical and sarcastic
…….G
And end up in the corner
On your own
……………..F
‘Cause I’d love to feel love
……………..C
But I can’t stand the rejection
…G
I hide behind my jokes
……..Am
As a form of protection
…F
I thought I was close
………………C
But under further inspection
…..G
It seems I’ve been running
……….Am
In the wrong direction
Oh no
Music:
Verse 2
………………….F
So what’s the point
In getting your hopes up
……….C
When all you’re ever getting
Is choked up
………………..G
When you’re coked up
…………………………………..Am
And can’t remember the reason
Why you broke up
…….F
You call her in the morning
…………………C
When you’re coming down
And falling
…………..G
Like an old man
On the side of the road
…………………………….F
‘Cause when you’re apart
You don’t want to mingle
…………………….C
When you’re together
You want to be single
…………..G
Ever the chase to taste
The kiss of bliss
……..Am
That made your heart tingle
………………F
How much greener the grass is
………………C
With those rose tinted glasses
…………G
But the butterflies they flutter by
And leave us on our arses
……………..F
‘Cause I’d love to feel love
……………..C
But I can’t stand the rejection
…G
I hide behind my jokes
……..Am
As a form of protection
…F
I thought I was close
………………C
But under further inspection
…..G
It seems I’ve been running
……….Am
In the wrong direction
………..F
There’s fish in the sea for me
…..C
To make a selection
…..G
I’d jump in if it wasn’t for my
Am
Ear infection
………..F
‘Cause all I want to do is
………..C
Try to make a connection
…G
It seems I’ve been running in
…….Am
The wrong direction
Oh oh
Music:
Oh, oh, I’d love to feel love
But I can’t stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes
As a form of protection
I thought I was close
But under further inspection
It seems I’ve been running in
The wrong direction
I’d love to feel love
But I can’t stand the rejection
I hide behind my jokes
As a form of protection
And I thought I was close
But under further inspection
It seems I’ve been running in
The wrong direction
Oh oh ..
It seems like I’m running in
The wrong direction, ohh
Seems like I’m running in
The wrong direction, ohh
Well, it seems I’ve been running in
The wrong direction, oh no
Seems I’ve been running in
The wrong direction, oh
