Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA x4
Verse 1:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Toothless and tired, my soul finds the door
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
To breathe and to be nothing less, nothing more
B minorBm D MajorD G+G
Safe from disaster and spared by your love
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Settle down now, I think that's enough
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Settle down now, that's surely enough
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Clung to its sleeve, this old heart's fit to choke
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Lest you light up my drink or you fill up my smoke
B minorBm D MajorD G+G
All the parents and the poets can cry in their graves
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
From the lack of the love you gave
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
From the lack of the love we gave
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
We are frivolous with our hearts
B minorBm A augmentedA
Watch them bend till they break
D MajorD G+G
Then we pick up the parts
B minorBm A augmentedA
Yeah, we give, we take
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
We save and condemn
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
And we live just to love again
Verse 2:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Comfort reminds us of how it should feel
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
It wistfully chains us to fictive ideals
B minorBm D MajorD G+G
And it spurs us to keep all our love in a jar
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Says I'm just keeping you from harm
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
Just trying to keep you from harm
Chorus:
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
We are frivolous with our hearts
B minorBm A augmentedA
Watch them bend till they break
D MajorD G+G
Then we pick up the parts
B minorBm A augmentedA
Yeah, we give, we take
D MajorD G+G
We save and condemn
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
And we live just to love again
Instrumental:
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse 3:
N.C.
Well, someday we'll see we've got nothing to lose
N.C.
We'll be dancing on tables in our Sunday shoes
N.C.
And you'll know that these words I would never betray
N.C.
You're the rose and the thorn and you're safe
N.C.
You're the rose and the thorn and you're safe
N.C.
Yeah, you're the rose and the thorn and you're safe