The Crowded Cell chords by PJ Harvey

Verse  1:

    A    D5      C
I’m in a crowded cell

          G        F
The Super calls my name

            G    A
He shuts me in a room

             D5       A
He calls two soldiers in


              D5        C
They clamp my head with arms

              G      F
Their hands becoming fists

             G   A
You will see us again

    F      G      A
You will remember this


Verse  2:

            D5      C
They tie me up with ropes

             G         F
They beat my legs with sticks

         G      A
I cannot use my legs

     F       G    A
They drag me to a desk


          D5     C
Behind it sits a man

      F                E
Fingernails are on the floor

   G                      F
He laughs and asks, “what kind

   G              A
Of freedom do you want?”


Refrain 1:

     D5        C        E
They pushed me down the stairs

    D5    Am7    E
I’m lying on the ground

  D5       C        E
Behind the senate door

  D5       Am7   E
I hear two women howl


Verse 3:

  A         D5     C
I see three men on racks

      F                   E
Their hands tied to their feet

      G                  F
Their faces pinched with clamps

      G                   A
Guards pulling at their teeth


                D5     C
They dragged me to the gate

             G      F
They dung me on the ground

          G          A
The Super laughs and says

     F       G        A
“What do you feed ‘em now?”


Refrain 2:

     D5    C     E
This image on repeat

  D5        Am7     E
A mouth that cannot speak

  D5        C         E
A huge force pressin’ in

  D5   Am7      E
A giant looming fist


Outro:

    F        G   A
You will see us again

    F      G      A
You will remember this