Winter Coats chords by Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties

Intro B

verse 1
     B
I saw my sister lay in bed

Chain-smoking cigarettes
E        C#m       B
Window open, November spilling in
     B
I made a cross over my head

I dipped my fingertips
    E        C#m      B
In the calcified green holy water dish

N.C.  E      F#
I took pity on your battered soul
  G#m      C#m
And never let you in
 E        F#
I feel like a lost winter coat
   G#m       C#m
In a county church's basement
     E
Where I wept
             F#
I can't believe that I'm here again

Interlude
B

verse 2
      B
Waited till everybody left

I sat at the organ
  E        C#m        B
And played myself a slow and quiet hymn
       B
And then you sat up from the bench

You scared me half to death
 E        C#m         B
I hadn't seen you since you were a kid

N.C.  E      F#
I took pity on your battered soul
  G#m      C#m
And never let you in
 E        F#
I feel like a lost winter coat
   G#m       C#m
In a county church's basement
  E
I get it
  F#
I get it

Bridge
       C#m
Christ, you got tall
             E
You've got your grandfather's chin
        G#m
I guess you're mom's been pretty busy
        F#
Why don't you sit with me a bit
       C#m
If you like that song
       E
Then I can teach you it
    G#m
Come on over to the organ
   F#
It's easy, I promise, I promise

verse 3
     B             E B
Put your left hand here like that

Line up your right and then
   E    C#m         B
It's B to E, C Sharp Minor and back
       B          E B
And hey I'm sorry about your dad

I watched you during mass
    E        C#m      B
He'd be so damn proud of how brave you've been

Outro
     E       F#
You took pity on their battered souls
  B        C#m
And never let them in
    E        F#
But if I'm just a lost winter coat
   G#m        C#m
In a county church's basement
     E
I could be of use
            F#
If you're cold I could shelter you
     G#m       C#m       E
And maybe I could stick around a bit you know
     F#       B
If you want someone to talk to