Basement Apt
Sarah Harmer
(capo 3rd fret, I prefer to play it without a capo)


C/D  G  C/D  G  C/D  G  D  C

well(C/D) you live (G)out (C/D)where the street (G)ends
in a (C/D)basement a(G)partment with (D)one of your (C)friends
and the (C/D)tap drips all (G)night water (C/D)torture in the (G)sink
the (C/D)furnace is (G)burning but it's sti(D)ll co(C)ld I think

                   C/D  G  C/D  G  C/D  G  D  C

and (C/D)I can smell the (G)bleach that they (C/D)use in the (G)hall
but it (C/D)can't clean the (G)dirt off of (D)me(C)
it's seeping (C/D)under the (G)door, (C/D)in across the (G)floor
it's (C/D)starting to (G)hurt (D)every(C)time I (C/D)bre(G)athe (D)
(C)everytime I try to (C/D)le(G)ave (D)
(C)everytime I (C/D)bre(G)athe (D) (C) (get it?)

now the toaster sticks and the empties are piled
I haven't been up the stairs in a while now
I gotta wash the sheets on my bed, I gotta watch those things that go unsaid
god I wish we could leave it at this
everytime I breathe
everytime I try to leave
everytime I breathe

(D)and every evening you open the door you come (C)down
there's (D)nothing like watching tv all night under(C)ground
and (D)no one is watching me sl(C)ide
(D)below street level barely al(C)ive

now we live out where the street ends
in a basement apartment just like our friends
we always said that we were different
but you know now that we weren't
cuz there's holes in all the bottles and my lungs hurt
everytime I breathe
everytime I try to leave
everytime I breathe

                        C/D
                   e 3
                   b 3
                   g 0
                   d 2
                   a 3
                   E x