READ THIS: This song is difficult to play, and I've tried my best to point out the
little things (such as when sections change), but you will have to listen to the song to know
where and when to switch chords, and how to play the song regarding force and such, as
all those things were too hard for me to write out in a way that you would understand.
This is made completely by ear, and is played on the piano but works just as well on any
other instrument (e.g. guitar). I found that none of the other interpretations on this
site did the original justice, so here's to this beautiful, beautiful song.
If you would like me to take out any other song Patrick has made, I would be glad to.
Message me, and I'll see what I can do!
Key: Fm (G#)
Artist: Patrick Wolf
Song: Augustine
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INTRO:
CmFmDbCmFmDbFmEbDbCmFmDbVERSE 1:
CmFmDb
As the bell tower blocks the summer light
CmFmDb
All the seeds in our garden fight
FmEbDb
To break and blossom, all to be adored
CmFmDb
And look, your skirt is torn
Db
And there's blood on our sheets
CmFmDb
As comes the long arm of the law
CmFmDb
Fist tight, banging on the door
FmEbDb
And knocking me down
(Slower, and stroke the last chord and then mute it just before entering the second half
of the verse)
CmFmDb
On its way in
CmFmDb
As I pass out into a dream
CmFmDb
Of whooping cranes and wooden beams
FmEbDb
Great white wings beating
(Slower)
CmFmDb
In an attic, in a house, in the dead of night
Singing
CHORUS 1:
DbEb
Oh, my
FmCmDbFmCmDb
Augustine, Augustine
DbEb
Oh, is this
FmCmDbFmCmDb
Forever, ever?
DbEb
Oh, oh my sweet
FmCmDbFmCmDb
Augustine, Augustine
DbEb
What does this mean
(This part goes into the verse)
CmFmDbCmFmDb
for us?
VERSE 2:
CmFmDb
Does it mean that I can never change my ways?
CmFmDb
And that's why, love, you shouldn't stay
FmEbDb
Still you will and love me
CmFmDb
Like a mother or a maid bringing you
CmFmDb
down, down, down on your brazen knees
CmFmDb
Watering the worms and the weeds
FmEbDb
Thinking, why does love leave me
CmFmDb
So damn cold? Now I'm getting old
Db
And is this what it should be?
Well, is it?
CHORUS 2:
DbEb
Oh, my
FmCmDbFmCmDb
Augustine, Augustine
DbEb
Oh, is this
FmCmDbFmCmDb
Forever, ever?
DbEb
Oh, oh my sweet
FmCmDbFmCmDb
Augustine, Augustine
(This part goes into the bridge)
DbEb
Or do we kill this one tonight?
BRIDGE:
AbEb/GAbEb/GDbVERSE 3:
CmFmDb
And now come the tears, heavy and hot
CmFmDb
As it comes clear, this is all we got
FmEbDb
As I hold you to my bed like a
CmFmDb
Cancer, or a curse, now be my
Db
Loving nurse, as we fall back
DbEbFm
Into the impossible dream
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