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(Sorry the chord changes don't line up with the words properly. Just change chords when it feels like you should.) --CAPO 1-- Intro Bassline: Em C ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------| ----2-----2-----|----3-----3-----| 0-----0-0---0-2-|3-3---3-3---3-2-| x4 Verse 1: G D C At your house the smell of our still living human bodies and oven gas You pray to nothing out loud G Em C Two first names and an ampersand embroidered proudly on a kitchen towel G D C D You're a beautiful and violent work with the skinny neck of a Chinese bird G D in a fading ancient painting. Em C G And if you're in heaven waiting you made it there fighting D C D the tightest kite string in a bad storm with lightning. Chorus: Em G C/E Em/G And now these few presidents frowning in my pocket [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/w/why/185472.html ] C Em/B D C G/B D can persuade no god to let me let you talk. Em G C/E Em/G And now these few presidents frowning in my pocket C G/B D C G/B D can persuade no god to let me let you off. G D Even though I haven't seen you in years C D Em D C yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere. Verse 2: G D I thought I had a pebble in my sock Em C I pulled it off and shook out a wasp G D It stumbled out lost and without a pause Em C unstung as I was, still I stomped it. Em C I thought "There is no paved street worthy Em C of your perfect Scandinavian feet." Em C My crooked chinese fingers groped Em C D the machinery of your throat. Em Repeat Chorus, end on "anywhere." |