Nightingale December Song chords by Sunset Rubdown

Tabbed and Submitted by Ryan Parmer    11-25-09

Capo 2nd Fret


C/G
So let me hammer this point home:
         D
I see us all as lonely fires
           Bm7
that have burned alive as long as we remember.

             D
But like all fireworks and all sunsets,
       Em
we all burn in different ways:
    G
You are a fast explosion,
             Bm7
and I am the embers.

                Em
And though your flames are quick and mean,
     C/G
they will not last the year,
      C/G
but expire like a sudden falling star,
           Em
that only nightingales had seen,
         Em
before migrating to southern jungles.
            Bm7
And in this way you will come find me in December. Whoa ho ho.

              C/G
He said he'd like to move to Nashville
   D
to master the guitar,
                G
where he would live a single day
          Bm7
the way I live a single year.

    D
He covered his body in mud,
     Em
went hunting for the sun,
               C/G
and then went swimming
      Bm7
in a lake of holy water.

    Em
You are too hot for me.
  C/G
I am too slow for you.
    D
You are a fast explosion
             C/G
and I am the embers.
             Em
You need the one who slowly burns,
    Em
and burns to stay alive.
        G
In this way you will come find me in December


Solo part but same guitar riffs


C/G
So let me hammer this point home:
         D
I see us all as lonely fires
           Bm7
that have burned alive as long as we remember.

             D
But like all sacrificial virgins,
       Em
we all burn in different ways:
    G
You are a fast explosion,
              Bm7
and I am the embers.

                Em
And though your flames are quick and mean,
     C/G
they will not last the year,
    C/G
but expire like a sudden shooting star,
          Em
that only nightingales had seen,
            Em
before transforming into bluebirds.
            G