Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Verse 1:
F Dm
Jules, he was fucked up, and Jessy, she was peerless
Bb C Bb Am
So of course they fell in love
F Dm
Jessy let Jules know what was wrong with him
Bb C Bb C Dm7 Am
And Jules stopped using, and binging, and pissing his whole life away
Eb Ab
And Jules told Jessie he'd die for her
Gm Bb C
Which looking back, was the right thing to say
Chorus:
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
And where you go, I will go too
Dm C Bb
Yes, I am now a part of you
Verse 2:
F Dm
Jules and his Jessy got married in his temple
Bb C
'Cause they calculated,
Bb C F Dm
That Jules was more Jewish than Jessy was Catholic
Am F Dm C
Jules's mother was pleased
F Dm
Married six months, when on Route 87,
Bb C
Jules turned quickly,
Bb C Dm7 Am
And a beat Mitsubishi killed Jessy in a crash
Eb Ab
A marriage begun and ended with broken glass
Gm Bb C
His life was scattered, and soon was her ash
Chorus:
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
And where you go, I will go too
Dm C Bb
I lost my life when I lost you.
Bridge:
Am G
Yeah, you love someone so much
Am Gm
That to lose them is to never recover
Dm7 Bb
You've given part of your being to them
C Bb
And when they go, you can never have it back
C
You can never have it back
Verse 3:
F Dm
I haven't thought of Jules, or Jessy
Bb C Bb
Or their story in the better part of a year
F Dm
But warming your hands in mine fills me with terror,
Bb C Bb C
That I will lose you, today, or tomorrow
Dm C
In two years, or seventy.
Eb Ab
When even the Earth has numbered days
Gm Bb C
I can give just one thing that stays
Chorus:
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
For where you go I will go too.
Dm C Bb
I am now a part of you
F Am Bb
From now on I'm half a soul
Dm C Bb
Without you I can't be whole
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
I cut you a piece of me
F Am Bb
And where I go you'll always be.
Dm C Bb
Oh, you are the start of me
Dm C Bb
Oh, you are the start of me
Dm C Bb
Oh, you are the start of me