Chords with lyrics
Key: E MajorE
Chords used:
E MajorE - 022100
D MajorD - xx0232
BB - x24442
C# minorC#m - x46654
A augmentedA - x02220
A minorAm - x02210
Intro:
E--D-B-C#m-E--D-B-C#m-A--Am-- x2
E-- x2
Verse 1:
E MajorE D MajorD
know that you'll soon
BB E MajorE
go crazy just like a
D MajorD BB A augmentedA
whittling stick hit by
A minorAm
the coming daylight cut
up in a quick succession
E MajorE D MajorD
a pointed confession
BB E MajorE D MajorD
really stripped of all
BB A augmentedA
your armor down to your
A minorAm
very nature beneath
E MajorE E MajorE
the haze and vapor gaze
Verse 2:
E MajorE D MajorD
you're such a willing
BB E MajorE
stick to beckon that
D MajorD BB
wanting knife you've
A augmentedA
been looking for it
A minorAm
the right blade all
E MajorE D MajorD
your life saying who's
BB E MajorE
gonna cut me down to a
D MajorD BB
size that suits me?
A augmentedA
is there a worthy
A minorAm
sculptor among all
E MajorE
you fine young knives?
Refrain 1:
D MajorD
it's enough to make
A augmentedA
you take your head
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
and put it on a shelf
D MajorD
to cut the heart out
A augmentedA
from your chest
BB
now they'll come
A augmentedA E MajorE
for that as well
Chorus 1:
F# minorF#m
tell me how you do
A minorAm
that crazy trick
where you walk
E MajorE
around asleep
F# minorF#m
save it for your
doctor friend the
A minorAm
one who keeps you
E MajorE E MajorE
under lock and key
Verse 3:
E MajorE D MajorD
you'll soon go screaming
BB E MajorE
like a bargain basement
D MajorD BB A augmentedA
lunatic who's not so
A minorAm
specialized that they
couldn't just replace
E MajorE D MajorD
you why don't you start
BB E MajorE
crying for all that
D MajorD BB
you've got left here
A augmentedA
why don't you stop
A minorAm
dying before you
E MajorE
go and get it right
Refrain 2:
D MajorD
now you're selling off
A augmentedA BB
the house so you can
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
buy the farm you cut
the heart out from
A augmentedA
your chest to let the
BB A augmentedA E MajorE
light in through your arm
Chorus 2:
F# minorF#m
tell me how you do
A minorAm
that crazy trick
where you walk
E MajorE
around asleep
F# minorF#m
save it for your
doctor friend the
A minorAm
one who keeps you
E MajorE
under lock and key
Refrain 3:
D MajorD
it's enough to make you
A augmentedA BB
take your head and put
A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
it in a bag to cut the
A augmentedA
teeth out at the pink
BB
now there's nothing
A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
in the bag
Interlude: C#m--A--F#m--A-- x2
Outro:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
foul weather friend you
F# minorF#m
are so dying an amateur
A augmentedA C# minorC#m A augmentedA
chemist now king medicine
F# minorF#m
when is it perfect? where
A augmentedA
is it leading you? there
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
is no cure only reprieve
F# minorF#m
some fleeting joy posing
A augmentedA
as balance nothing is
C# minorC#m
sure so every four
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
hours king medicine
A(hold)
this subject loves you