Porcelain chords by Thursday

Chords with lyrics

Thursday
Porcelain
Waiting
1999
Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: FF


Chords used:
A minorAm - x02210
C majorC - x32010
DmDm - xx0231
Bb majorBb - x13331
D MajorD - xx0232

Intro: Dm-- x8


Verse 1:
DmDm
 City of blue tile
DmDm
 Figure in Ceramics
DmDm
 Where we reach out
C majorC
 Grab for Porce-


Chorus 1:
 DmDm
-lain But it's too fragile to hold
    DmDm
And it shatters in our hands
      A minorAm
In time the seasons will
DmDm
seal these shards
     A minorAm
Into the slits that
 DmDm
denote your wrists
       Bb majorBb
Death is the answer
    A minorAm
To calculations composed
  DmDm
of motions that are the same
         Bb majorBb
And secret and different
     A minorAm
A augmentedA missing alphabet
    Bb majorBb
with a message for us

Verse 2:
   DmDm
When people die
(DIE,DIE!)
      A minorAm
They take a piece
  DmDm
of us with them
(PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!)
       A minorAm
And holes in clouds
  DmDm
are minutes passing
(DIE AND DIE!)
       A minorAm
Rescind this line
  DmDm
and several ties
(PEOPLE DIE AND
DIE EVERYDAY!)
       A minorAm
The skyline unfolds
   C majorC
into expla-

Chorus 2:
  DmDm
-nation That sometimes
Bb majorBb
words give up
  A minorAm
And silently walk off the
Bb majorBb
edge the edge of the page
  Bb majorBb
And here the cry opens up
      A minorAm
reveals the word inside
  DmDm
The crack in the porcelain
  A minorAm
The crack in the porcelain
  Dm(hold)
The crack in the porcelain


Interlude: Bb--Dm--


Bridge:
  Bb majorBb
The silent line of
 DmDm
skylit eyes show
  Bb majorBb
The silent line of
 DmDm
skylit eyes show
  Bb majorBb
The silent line of
 DmDm
skylit eyes show
  Bb majorBb
The silent line of
 DmDm
skylit eyes show
(Repeat)

D--

Sing in Backup:
Death up there shine
more brightly than
lives down here
Try and live


(Repeat Verse 2)


Outro:
 Bb majorBb
-nation
    Bb majorBb
explanation
    Bb majorBb
Try and live
    DmDm
Try and live
    Bb majorBb
Try and live
    Bb majorBb
Try and live
    DmDm
Try and live
    Bb majorBb
Try and live
    Bb majorBb
Try and live
    DmDm
Try and live
    Bb majorBb  Dm---(hold)
Try and live, live
Try and live