Dermatillomania chords by Laura Stevenson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
     G
This acid flush of shame
    D
Can only be man-made
    Em   D     G         C      G           D
Its ugly roses bloom and wither when I look away
    G
The photographic bulb
    D
It flashes and explodes
Em    D       G      C         G       D
Only when I'm edging close to feeling weightless

       Em               C
I'm a finger-breadth away
                     G
And then I see your face

Interlude:
G D

Em D G C G D

Verse:
         G
Are you rolling in your grave
         D
While I soak it with my piss?
          Em      D        G       C             G          D
From the basement of your house, I can't find my way out of it
   G
So scar up where it counts
   D
No one can see me now
 Em   D    G  C      G       D
Dermatillomania, we lay our flags down
          Em           C
And it's not a sign of hope
     Em             C
It's not a suit of armor
         D
Only a reminder


Verse:
   G                D
In them I see your face
    Em               C
Its features are the skyline of
  G            D
a city I can't place
  Em               C
A city struck with plague and now
     G               D
your eyes are out of frame
         Em               C
But I'll always know your name
       G              D                   C
You're lucky that you died before I could sing

Interlude:
G D

Em D G C G D

x2

Outro:
Em             C
Now you're exorcised
Em              C
Now that I have hexed you
Em             C             G
Now you're exorcised from my mind