What Death Leaves Behind chords by Los Campesinos

Chords with lyrics

What Death Leaves Behind - Los Campesinos!

It's easiest to play it when tuned down a half step,
i.E. Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb,
but I'll just tell you the chords and you can experiment for yourself!

Intro
Eb MajorEb G minorGm FF x4

Verse
Bb majorBb    FF       G minorGm     Eb MajorEb
I was the first match struck at the first cremation,
Bb majorBb     FF     G minorGm         Eb MajorEb
you are my shallow grave, I'll tend you as a sexton
Bb majorBb      FF    G minorGm        Eb MajorEb
If you're the casket door that's being slammed upon me,
Bb majorBb    FF       G minorGm       Eb MajorEb
I'll be a plague cross painted on your naked body

Bb majorBb
Well summer sighed and summoned up hail.
FF             G minorGm
Dirty dish rack drips the holy grail
(G minorGm)
May be heartslob but I want 'em to know,
Eb MajorEb              Bb majorBb
cut and shut us like a portmanteau
(Bb majorBb)           FF
We sit around jus' spitballin',
(FF)               G minorGm
all the witches cackle round my cauldron
(G minorGm)               Eb MajorEb
Recognise the lies from my poker tongue
(Eb MajorEb) G minorGm
is it true...?

Chorus
    FF     Eb MajorEb
They say you and me
(Eb MajorEb)
are tautology
G minorGm     FF
What grows from the seeds,
Eb MajorEb
can you quite believe?
G minorGm       FF
through cracks come the weeds,
Eb MajorEb
Long time listener,
G minorGm     FF
first time caller,
Eb MajorEb
no need to remind me
   G minorGm       FF
What death leaves behind me

Bb majorBb

Verse
Bb majorBb     FF   G minorGm       Eb MajorEb
Why must I lie awake, from dust until the morning,
Bb majorBb       FF    G minorGm      Eb MajorEb
through fear of bein' impaled upon errant mattress string?
Bb majorBb    FF   G minorGm       Eb MajorEb
Within a waking dream I finally made my heel turn,
Bb majorBb      FF   G minorGm       Eb MajorEb
lived life as Super 8 when you were promised Hilton

Bb majorBb
Propose me as a pardon for sins,
FF             G minorGm
led on barbecue I'm burnt offerings
(G minorGm)                 Eb MajorEb
I proof-read the Book of Job for the Lord:
(Eb MajorEb)           Bb majorBb
edit one, League Cup 2004
(Bb majorBb)        FF
We, delicate as a filigree,
(FF)              G minorGm
cleared a place for us in the chicory
(G minorGm)              Eb MajorEb
Colosseum blood will dry in the sun
(Eb MajorEb) G minorGm
is it true...?

Chorus
    FF     Eb MajorEb
They say you and me
(Eb MajorEb)
are tautology
G minorGm     FF
What grows from the seeds,
Eb MajorEb
can you quite believe?
G minorGm       FF
through cracks come the weeds,
Eb MajorEb
Long time listener,
G minorGm     FF
first time caller,
Eb MajorEb
no need to remind me
   G minorGm       FF
What death leaves behind me

Bb majorBb

Bb majorBb     FF     G minorGm     Eb MajorEb
We tread it carefully, we feel around in kid-gloves
Bb majorBb       FF    G minorGm       Eb MajorEb
What death will leave behind, death will leave behind love
Bb majorBb   FF     G minorGm     Eb MajorEb
We will flower again, I have surely seen it
Bb majorBb   FF     G minorGm
WE WILL FLOWER AGAIN

FF     Eb MajorEb
They say you and me
(Eb MajorEb)
are tautology
G minorGm     FF
What grows from the seeds,
Eb MajorEb
can you quite believe?
G minorGm       FF
through cracks come the weeds,
Eb MajorEb
Long time listener,
G minorGm     FF
first time caller,
Eb MajorEb
no need to remind me
   G minorGm       FF
What death leaves behind me

Bb majorBb