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