Angel Of Small Death The Codeine Scene chords by Hozier

INTRO: F#m F#m C#9 F#m (x2)

[[[VERSE 1]]]
F#m          C#9     F#m
I watch the work of my kin bold and boyful
F#m           C#9    F#m
Toying somewhere between love and abuse
E            A
Calling to join them the wretched and joyful
F#m            C#9   F#m
Shaking the wings of their terrible youths

[[[VERSE 2]]]
F#m            C#9   F#m
Freshly dissolved in some frozen devotion
F#m        C#9     F#m
No more alone or myself could I be
E             A
Looks like a strain to the arms it were open
F#m          C#9       F#m
No shortage of sordid, no protest from me

[[[CHORUS]]]
    F#m            A
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
     E              F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
    F#m          A
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
     E              F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene

[[[VERSE 3]]]
F#m          C#9      F#m
Feeling more human and hooked on her flesh, I
F#m            C#9     F#m
Lay my heart down with the rest at her feet
E             A
Fresh from the fields, all feeder and fur tires
F#m          C#9     F#m
Bloody and raw, but I swear it is sweet

>>>CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE [2 beats each]:
F#m E A Bm D E A A
A F#m E D D C#9
(INSTRUMENTAL OF "VERSE")
F#m F#m C#9 F#m
F#m F#m C#9 F#m
E A
F#m F#m C#9 F#m

[[[VERSE 4]]]
F#m              C#9    F#m
And lease this confusion, I'll wander the concrete
F#m         C#9    F#m
Wonder if better now having survived
E            A
Jarring of judgement and reasons defeat
     F#m           C#9    F#m
The sweet heat of her breath in my mouth I'm alive

>>>CHORUS (x2)