Ming The Clam Chords

Key: D 🎸 Verse 1: C F Well I need to say this out loud C F Feel it rolling in my ribcage C F I love you sipping honey beer Am And watching TV on a Tuesday 🎸 Verse 2: C F I’m not certain about much C F But I’m certain how we touch C F Is compelled by some great force Am Other than us

🎸 Verse 3: C F And our sky was like a parachute C F Big, and blue, and beautiful C F And we were just two insects Em Dm7 Climbing up metallic waterfalls 🎸 Pre-Chorus: Em Dm7 And I was keeling over from the shedding of my own wall Em Dm7 Reminder of my limitations 🎸 Chorus: F C F I soak myself in violet Dm7 C F I bloom in violet Dm7 G F I bloom in violet 🎸 Verse 4: C F I think about it all the time C F What if you were to die? C F A self-indulgent pondering Am Would I call your friends, or would I call mine? 🎸 Verse 5: C F I study all the little signs C F Under fluorescent light 🎸 Pre-Chorus: Em Dm7 Ming the clam, the mystery of the sea Who lived beyond her time Em Dm7 Reminder of the grand creation 🎸 Chorus: F C How did she keep on fighting? F Dm7 C -- How do you keep on fighting? F Dm7 C -- How do you keep o fighting? F Dm7 G F -- How do you keep on fighting? Em F But she was gone before they found her out 🎸 Outro: C F At night I hear you gasping C F I rub peppermint on your chest C F You vomit on the floor C F I never loved you more C F I never loved you more Am Somehow