Scarlet Red chords by Zeelle

Key: Am

Verse 1:
Am                         C
See the rope that hangs her
Dm                   E
Not the threads it’s made of
    Am            C
And wonder why she fled
    Dm               E
For greener grass in spite of love

Am                           C
She’d kill to run her fingers
        Dm          E
Through twisters of blonde
    Am                 C
But she knows she’d be tempted
   Dm             E
To run on back to love bombs

Chorus:
       Am                   C
Keep a songbird caged if you dare
       E                              Am
Wrap a hand round her throat take her air
         C
Take her charm, take her beauty
         Dm
Chalk it up to lawful duty
        E
But the blood is on your hands
                E
And it’s scarlet red

Verse 2:
Am                     C
  Memorized the way she looked
     Dm        E
At you from above
Am                          C
  Sing sweet nothings to the crowds
     Dm             E
Your eyes are not becoming of
  Am                C
A man who hates the stereotype
Dm              E
Envy burns your soul
Am             C
Tarnishes your vision
    Dm           E
Now everyone’s a threat to your whole plan

Prechorus:
Am
  At least you listened
C
  To what she sang
Dm
  As long as the melody
     E
Rang true in your head

Chorus:
       Am                   C
Keep a songbird caged if you dare
       E                              Am
Wrap a hand round her throat take her air
         C
Take her charm, take her beauty
         Dm
Chalk it up to lawful duty
        E
But the blood is on your hands
                E
And it’s scarlet red

Bridge:
      Am
She’d hang from the trees with you
C
Split herself in two
        Dm                      E
There’s nothing she wouldn’t do

She was enamoured
      Am
You’d hang her out to dry
C
Relish her screams and cries
Dm                E
All you do is lie

You’re her disaster
Am
She deserved so much more
     C
Than begging for a cure
   Dm                 E
To someone she adored

That left her battered
        Am
There’s nothing you can say
   C
To discount all the ways
    Dm                     E
The games you had her play

You were the master
E
You became the master

Chorus:
       Am                   C
Keep a songbird caged if you dare
       E                              Am
Wrap a hand round her throat take her air
         C
Take her charm, take her beauty
         Dm
Chalk it up to lawful duty
        E
But the blood is on your hands
                E
And it’s scarlet red

Chorus 2:
       Am                   C
Keep a songbird close if you want
         E                             Am
Kill the things she loves and take her home
         C
Take her peace, take her chance
          Dm
Dress her up and make her dance
        E
But the blood is on your hands
                E
And it’s scarlet red

Tag:
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The blood is on your hands
                Am
And it’s scarlet red