Salt And Venom Live chords by Emilee Petersmark

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Performance: Emilee Petersmark solo live

Intro:

C#m E C#m E C#m E A (x2)

Verse 1:
C#m       E           C#m     E
Call me a messenger of apprehension
C#m       E         A
Suspicion living in my skull
C#m       E        C#m   E
I am the ?: from a ?: tension
C#m         E         A
But I've no song to sing at all
A                        B    C        C#m
And the stillness of the room consumed me
A                  B          C      C#m
When a hive of ire rattled in my chest
         A         B          C          C#m
Now this ugliness between us, it's unmoving
           A         B     C         A
Swarmed by all the angry hornets I spat

C#m E C#m E C#m E A (x2)

Verse 2:
C#m       E               C#m     E
Call me a bitter child of pained indifference
C#m       E                  A
I have no heart for you to sway
C#m           E               C#m     E
You keep your good intentions at a distance
C#m            E          A
So you'll have nothing to betray
A                     B   C     C#m
And at times I wish I was pretending
         A         B                  C       C#m
That the callouses I gained were all for show
         A        B                C       C#m
But this ugliness between us, it's unending
        A             B          C         A
And I'm happy to just let the dead skin grow
C#m    E    C#m   E   A
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh


Bridge:
C#m       C       B      A
I used to let in everything
  C#m     C        B        A
I used to leave my windows wide
 C#m      C       B       A
I used to let in everything
    B                        Am             C#m
But now I now better than to let it all inside

C#m E C#m E C#m E A(x2)


Verse 3:
C#m       E                C#m      E
Call me a spiteful girl of salt and venom
C#m          E          A
Whatever makes you feel you've won
C#m             E              C#m   E
'Cause when the day is finally over, friend
               C#m               E              A
You'll have to live with all the shitty things you've done
A                B    C     C#m
And maybe it's a bit unhealthy
           A            B             C      C#m
To let the anger make a home within my chest
       A              B               C       C#m
But I rather like the hive it's built within me
        A               B          C      A
And the bees and I have nothing to regret


Outro:
C#m       E     C#m     E     A
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
               C#m    E
I've nothing to regret
C#m      E      C#m     E    A
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
A           C#m
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh