City Of Marrow chords by S.j. Tucker

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

 Am  G  D/F#  F
       Oo....


Verse 1:
   Am            G       D/F#
You'd never know that Marrow was
  F              G           C    E7
a glowing place, beautiful, before
Am              G      D/F#    
Her tarnished heart lost its way
    F       D/F#    G  
so long, so long
 
Am            G          D/F#
gone are the colors, the apples and gems
 F          G              C    E7
each hunger answered with more
 Am          G          D/F#
above and below she has rotted away
    F    G     Am   G   Am
so long,   so long

     G           E+
The great market calls
F         Am  
from canopied stalls
F            G            C    E7
but a ghost town is all you will find
      G                 E+
     purses large and small
      F              Am
     gold coins changing palms
          F          G            Esu4  E
     gone paper and ruin and lost time


Verse 2:
    Am      G        D/F#
 Seventh sons and golden ball daughters
 F              G         C   E7
take their own lives to hand
        Am          G      D/F#
I have been to the city of Marrow
    F            G    Am   G  D/F#  F  
and I have come out again............

 
Am   G  D/F#  F  
La,  la, ti, dah...
 
Am         G           D/F#    F  
Beauty is lost in translation
    Am       G        D/F#   F  
no savoring what is devoured
   Am         G        D/F#      F  
I look at my lover and only see bones
Am    G    D/F#  
our glory gone

 
Chorus:
      F             G      C      E7
   Fear not the wind of wasting
          F          G       C    E7
its howling is not for you
          F       G    D/F#
     It's only an echo now within
          F               G             Esu4  E7
the hearts of those just passing through
     F               G       G#     Am  G  D/F#  F  
the hearts of those just passing through
Am   G  D/F#  F  
     La,  la, ti, dah...
 

Verse 3:
    Am        G           D/F#    F  
  Beauty is lost in translation
    Am       G        D/F#   F  
no savoring what is devoured

 
      Am        G       D/F#   F  
[We become what we have eaten
   Am         G        D/F#      F  
I look at my lover and only see bones]

 
Am              G          D/F#     F  
   no one looks under the skin anymore
        Am        G   D/F#   F  
there's only the wind now
        Am        G   D/F#   F  
there's only the wind now...

 
Am  G  D/F#  F
Ah...   oo...

Am              G        D/F#                 
  when seventh sons and golden ball daughters
F                 G        C    E7
  take their own lives to hand
Am           G       D/F#
fear not the city of Marrow
     F             G     C    E7
for you will come out again
        Am          G      D/F#
I have been to the city of Marrow
    F            G    Am
and I have come out again


Chorus:
      F             G      C      (E7)
  Fear not the wind of wasting
          F          G       C    E7
its howling is not for you
          F       G    D/F#
     It's only an echo now within
          F               G             Esu4  E7
the hearts of those just passing through
     F               G       G#     Am  G  D/F#  F  
the hearts of those just passing through
Am   G  D/F#  F  
     La,  la, ti, dah...


Chorus:
      F             G      C      (E7)
  Fear not the wind of wasting
          F          G       C    E7
its howling is not for you
          F       G    D/F#
     It's only an echo now within
          F               G             Esu4  E7
the hearts of those just passing through
     F               G       G#     Am  G  D/F#  F  
the hearts of those just passing through
Am   G  D/F#  F  
     La,  la, ti, dah...
 

 [Outro]
        Am          G      D/F#
I have been to the city of Marrow
    F            G    Am   G  D/F#  F  
and I have come out again............
    F            G    Am   G  D/F#  F  
and I have come out again............

 
Am   G  D/F#  F