Pound Of Flesh chords by Regina Spektor

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Dm


Verse 1:
Gm
If you're never sorry
Dm                Bb
Then you can't be forgiven
                     C
If you're not forgiven
A                 Dm
Then you can't be forgotten
                    A
If you're not forgotten
                  Dm
Then you can live forever
             D
If you live forever
A                      Dm
Then you'll begin to dream
   Bb            A      Dm
Of death, death, death, death
    Bb    A Dm
Death...

Chorus:
F                           Dm F
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
                                           Dm
Asked me which books as of late I've read
               G
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
A                          Bb
Asked me which books as of late I've read
                      Gm
Asked me if I've, uh, read his own
A                   Dm
And whether I could spare a pound
                           Gm
Of flesh to cover his bare bones
A                    Bb
I says, "Man, take a pound, take two
Gm
What's a pound of flesh between
A                   Dm
Friends like me and you?
         Bb              A     Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
         Bb              A     Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?"


Verse 2:
    F                     Dm Fm
But if you're never sorry
F                     Dm
If you're never sorry
                Gm
If you're never sorry
A                 Bb
Then you can't be forgiven
                  G
If you're not forgiven
D         A            Dm
Then you can't be forgotten
                    A
If you're not forgotten
                      D
Then you must live forever

If you live forever
       A        Dm
You cannot be reborn
                     C
If you're not reborn then
A               Bb
You can't be a baby
F               C
If you're not a baby
A                      Dm
You can't learn how to crawl
                    A
If you cannot crawl away
                      Bb
Then you must stay in bed all day
F              A
If you stay in bed all day
                         Dm
You're sure to have some visitors


Chorus:
                              G
Ezra Pound will sit upon your bed
A                          Bb
Ask you which books as of late you've read
F                      G
Ask you if you've, uh, read his own
A                     Dm
And whether you could spare a pound
                           G
Of flesh to cover his bare bones
       A                 Bb
You'll say, "Man, take a pound, take two
                  G
What's a pound of flesh between
A                   Dm
Friends like me and you?
         Bb              A     Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
         Bb              A     Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
         Bb              A     Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?"