Songbook

Vindicated

By Dashboard Confessional

Key of D

[Intro]
D Bm A G

[Verse]
D                 Bm
Hope dangles on a string
                      A                              G
Like slow spinning redemption winding in and winding out
                              D
The shine of it has caught my eye And roped me in
  Bm              A
So mesmerizing, so hypnotizing
      A
I am captivated...I am

[Chorus]
D                 G                       Bm
 Vindicated I am selfish I am wrong I am right I swear I'm right
          A                          D
I swear I knew it all along and I am flawed
         G
But I am cleaning up so well
      Bm                               A
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

[Verse]
   D
So clear
                          Bm                        A
Like the diamond in your ring cut to mirror your intentions
                    G                                       D
Oversized and overwhelmed the shine of which has caught my eye
                  Bm            A
And rendered me so isoloated, so motivated
      A
I am certain now that I am

[Chorus]
D                 G                       Bm
 Vindicated I am selfish I am wrong I am right I swear I'm right
          A                          D
I swear I knew it all along and I am flawed
         G
But I am cleaning up so well
      Bm                               A
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

[Bridge]
  G
So turn
                       Bm
Up the corners of your lips
                             A                          G
Part them and feel my finger tips trace the moment, fall forever

G                         Bm
Defense is paper thin just one touch and I'd be in
     A                       A
Too deep now to ever swim against the current

               D
So let me slip away
               Bm
So let me slip away
               A
So let me slip away
                G
So let me slip against the current

               D
So let me slip away
               Bm
So let me slip away
               A
So let me slip away
                G
So let me slip against the current

[Chorus]
D                 G                       Bm
 Vindicated I am selfish I am wrong I am right I swear I'm right
          A                          D
I swear I knew it all along and I am flawed
         G
But I am cleaning up so well
      Bm                               A
I am seeing in me now the things you swore you saw yourself

[Outro]
        D
Slight hope
                Bm
It dangles on a string
                      A
Like slow spinning redemption