Stakes chords by Vancouver Sleep Clinic

Tuning: Standard


C#m, A (x2)

          C#m
From the lake
                A
Where I lost it all
                 C#m
Stacked on the stakes
                     A
Yet you blessed the fall

                 C#m
I guess that I knew I was warned
           B
I left my words in the cold
                   A
The things that I built for myself
             C#m
Castles are tumbling down
               B
Surrender the heir, savour the crown
                    A
Here lies where I drown

     A(once)
The first time that I sought for grace
             B(once)
But not the last lung I'd put to waste

                       C#m  B
I'm burning down the sta_____kes
       A
Wash away, wash away
                       C#m  B
I'm burning down the sta_____kes
       A
Wash away, wash away

 C#m
Fumbling through this jaded book
     B
The hearts I stole, the air I took
      A
What love is this
              C#m(once)
And now the photograph is all that's left
    B(once)
To feed the wolves and empty chests
     A(once)
To break the best

     A(once)
The first time that I sought for grace
             B(once)
But not the last lung I'd put to waste


I'm burning down the stakes
Wash away, wash away
I'm burning down the stakes
Wash away, wash away
I'm burning down the stakes
Wash away, wash away
I'm burning down the stakes
Wash away, wash away


          A
I never bled for a thousand lies
                   B
Just to stem the flow
         A
I never wept over a thousand lives
                  B
Just to let this go

I never bled for a thousand lies
Just to stem the flow
I never wept over a thousand lives
Just to let this go

       A          B          A          B
Wash away, wash away, wash away, wash away...