Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m x5
Verse 1:
F# minorF#m
couldn’t shake the cold away
FF C majorC FF C majorC
a year alone, stock still and stuck in snow
A minorAm
two black eyes, this phoney smile
G#G# D#D# G#G#
my senses dead, my body bent in ice
C minorCm
then you took off your winter clothes
BB F#F# BB F#F#
and you leaned against with your eager innocence
Verse 2:
D#mD#m
my brittle knotted wrists twitched
D MajorD A augmentedA
reaching out
D MajorD A augmentedA
reaching out for it
D MajorD A augmentedA
reaching out
F# minorF#m
reaching out for it
Bridge:
F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE
F# minorF#m E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD E MajorE F#F#
Verse 3:
F#F# B minorBm D MajorD F#F#
when we’re running from the hospital, don’t stop. don’t stop.
B minorBm D MajorD F#F#
though the guards’ll call, and the cops’ll come, don’t stop. don’t stop.
B minorBm D MajorD F#F#
they do not know us. we don’t stop because of our love. our love.
B minorBm D MajorD F#F#
and we don’t need their law, like the paper it’s written on, it will fade. it will melt away.
B minorBm D MajorD F#F#
like snow, it runs to the river below
B minorBm D MajorD F#F#
like snow, it runs to the river below
Outro:
F#F# B minorBm D MajorD F#F#