Id chords by Charlie Allen

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C Fmaj7 Am G


Verse 1:
     C           Fmaj7
That unforgiving pulse again
   Am               G
My sick pig-head companion
 C               Fmaj7
As much a rotten part of me
    Am                G
As forgotten twin or shadow?
     C                 Fmaj7
Fur bristles with the fever
     Am                G
His kick drum pulses quicken
        C            Fmaj7
Him a specter. Me spectator
      Am               G
I'm caught inside his tow

Chorus:
     Am          Fmaj7
And what am I to do?
               C
Pull out his teeth?
          G
Or file down his claws?
     Am             Fmaj7
You know as well as I
             C
No freedom lies
             G
Between his pearly jaws
      Am           Fmaj7
God, what am I to say?
           C
As if his name
                G
Gives me some holy power
      Am
For what I've done
    Fmaj7          C
I know that even Christ's communion
 G
Wine goes sour


Verse 2:
   C               Fmaj7
O brother Id, you own me
    Am               G
O father Id, you're all I am
   C                  Fmaj7
O reverend Id, please wipe
              Am            G
That endless toothy smirk away
      C            Fmaj7
Red letters on my eyelids
     Am            G
On every gristle, bone or cell
     C              Fmaj7
The one command for self
        Am      G
Presses me to obey


Chorus:
     Am          Fmaj7
And what am I to do?
               C
Pull out his teeth?
          G
Or file down his claws?
     Am             Fmaj7
You know as well as I
             C
No freedom lies
             G
Between his pearly jaws
      Am           Fmaj7
God, what am I to say?
           C
As if his name
                G
Gives me some holy power
      Am
For what I've done
    Fmaj7          C
I know that even Christ's communion
 G
Wine goes sour


Bridge:
    Am           Fmaj7
And what am I to do?
      C            G
God, what am I to say?
    Am           Fmaj7
And what am I to do?
      C            G
God, what am I to say?


Chorus:
     Am          Fmaj7
And what am I to do?
               C
Pull out his teeth?
          G
Or file down his claws?
     Am             Fmaj7
You know as well as I
             C
No freedom lies
             G
Between his pearly jaws
      Am           Fmaj7
Oh, what am I to say?
           C
As if his name
                G
Gives me some holy power
      Am
For what I've done
    Fmaj7          C
I know that even Christ's communion
 G
Wine goes sour