Winter Coats chords by Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties

Chords with lyrics

Intro BB

verse 1
     BB
I saw my sister lay in bed

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

I dipped my fingertips
    E MajorE        C# minorC#m      BB
In the calcified green holy water dish

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

Interlude
BB

verse 2
      BB
Waited till everybody left

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

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

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

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

verse 3
     BB             E MajorE BB
Put your left hand here like that

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

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

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