Gravestones chords by Balto

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1

C majorC           Fmaj7Fmaj7
I keep a letter in my drawer
       C majorC        FF
Postmark from several years before
A minorAm                 DmDm
A augmentedA headstone etched there on the page ?" a name a place a dying day
E minorEm         FF
But god, I?m never sure


Verse 2

       C majorC        Fmaj7Fmaj7
I guess three years ago last week
       C majorC        Fmaj7Fmaj7
A augmentedA ghost-girl drifted down to me
       A minorAm              DmDm
And left the outline of a timid face then slipped away without a trace
     E minorEm         FF
Through space between the graves

Chorus 1

      C majorC       DmDm
And then I fell down on my knees
      A minorAm      FF
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
       C majorC        DmDm
I feel that grit between my teeth
       A minorAm        FF
Why won?t she stay, love never stayed with me

(brief interlude resolves to C majorC)

Verse 3

C majorC               Fmaj7Fmaj7
Something like eighteen months ago
      C majorC       Fmaj7Fmaj7
I chased a rumor chased a hope
      A minorAm                     DmDm                   E minorEm
That at St. Peter?s church the clock strikes twelve and ghost girls tend to show themselves but this one
     FF
Would not come


Chorus 2

      C majorC       DmDm
And then I fell down on my knees
      A minorAm      FF
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
       C majorC        DmDm
I feel that grit between my teeth
       A minorAm        FF
Why won?t she stay, love never stayed with me

Interlude

A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7 A minorAm  Fmaj7Fmaj7 x2 eventual resolve to C majorC

Verse 4

C majorC               Fmaj7Fmaj7
The years get longer counting days
       C majorC       Fmaj7Fmaj7
I?ve got some private holidays
      A minorAm               DmDm
But when I burned my words by candle-light I saw her standing there behind
 E minorEm          FF
?Go on,? she said, ?I?ll wait.?

Chorus 3

      C majorC        DmDm
And then I fell down at her feet
     A minorAm         FF
I laid a kiss on bloodless cheeks
     C majorC        FF
Escaping steam between my teeth
       A minorAm        FF
Why won?t she stay, love never stayed with me