Gravestones chords by Balto

Verse 1

C                     Fmaj7
I keep a letter in my drawer
              C                F
Postmark from several years before
Am                                  Dm
A headstone etched there on the page ?" a name a place a dying day
Em                 F
But god, I'm never sure


Verse 2

              C               Fmaj7
I guess three years ago last week
              C               Fmaj7
A ghost-girl drifted down to me
             Am                           Dm
And left the outline of a timid face then slipped away without a trace
         Em                 F
Through space between the graves

Chorus 1

            C              Dm
And then I fell down on my knees
           Am            F
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
             C               Dm
I feel that grit between my teeth
              Am                F
Why won't she stay, love never stayed with me

(brief interlude resolves to C)

Verse 3

C                              Fmaj7
Something like eighteen months ago
           C              Fmaj7
I chased a rumor chased a hope
            Am                                          Dm                                      Em
That at St. Peter?s church the clock strikes twelve and ghost girls tend to show themselves but this one
          F
Would not come


Chorus 2

            C              Dm
And then I fell down on my knees
           Am            F
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
             C               Dm
I feel that grit between my teeth
              Am                F
Why won't she stay, love never stayed with me

Interlude

Am   Fmaj7  Am   Fmaj7  x2 eventual resolve to C


Verse 4

C                             Fmaj7
The years get longer counting days
              C             Fmaj7
I've got some private holidays
            Am                              Dm
But when I burned my words by candle-light I saw her standing there behind
  Em                    F
?Go on,? she said, ?I'll wait.?

Chorus 3

           C                Dm
And then I fell down at her feet
         Am                 F
I laid a kiss on bloodless cheeks
          C               F
Escaping steam between my teeth
              Am               F
Why won't she stay, love never stayed with me