Angel Of Small Death And The Codeine Scene chords by Hozier

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro:
D D A D x2


Verse 1:
D                    A             D
I watch the work of my kin bold and boyful
D                      A          D
Toying somewhere between love and abuse
C                        F
Calling to join them the wretched and joyful
D                        A      D
Shaking the wings of their terrible youths

Verse 2:
D                      A      D
Freshly disowned in some frozen devotion
D                A          D
No more alone or myself could I be
C                           F
Lurched like a stray to the arms that were open
   D                    A          D
No shortage of sordid, no protest from me


Chorus:
        D                       F
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        D                    F
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene


Verse 3:
D                    A           D
Feeling more human and hooked on her flesh, I
D                        A         D
Lay my heart down with the rest at her feet
C                          F
Fresh from the fields, all fetor and fertile
D                        A         D
It's bloody and raw, but I swear it is sweet


Chorus:
        D                       F
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        D                    F
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene


Instrumental bridge:
(2 beats each)
D C F Bm D C F F
F D C D D A

(INSTRUMENTAL OF "VERSE")
D D A D
D D A D
C F
D D A D


Verse 4:
D                       A        D
Leashless confusion, I'll wander the concrete
D                  A       D
Wonder if better now having survived
C                        F
Jarring of judgement and reasons defeat
          D                      A        D
The sweet heat of her breath in my mouth I'm alive

Chorus:
        D                       F
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        D                    F
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        D                       F
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        D                    F
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
         C                            D
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene