verse 1 Gm B F Eb Forty-seven strings are pulled Eb Gm F Cm By this angelic beaten girl B F Gm Cm And it breaks our hearts to hear Eb Gm F Cm The music that comes out of her. Eb Gm F Cm Shoulders hang on folded chairs Eb Gm F Gm This will be our church tonight B F Gm Cm We have dug our foxholes here Eb Gm F Cm Not an atheist in sight.
Cm Eb Cm Eb Laughing shaking taking oaths Gm B F Cm Breaking sacramental cups Gm B F Cm We pour the magic in our coats Eb Gm F Cm Thinking it can leave with us. Eb Gm F But it?s a long way out Eb B F 20 steps but it?s so harming Eb Gm F When they talk out loud Eb B F banter breaks your fingers on me verse 2 Gm B F Cm I?ve been breathing evil air Eb Gm F Cm Sharing needles with the sky B F Gm Cm Looking up remembering Eb Gm F C Regina said they're just old light. Gm F Cm Eb But you somehow understood Eb Gm F Cm My oversaturated skin B F Gm Cm You raised your hand up to my neck Eb Gm F Cm And played me like a theremin Cm Eb Cm Eb I see London I see France Gm B F Cm And all the things that we won?t do Gm B F Cm And if I never leave this chair Eb Gm F Cm Maybe I can go with you. Eb Gm F But it?s the long way out Eb B F 20 steps but it?s so harming Eb Gm F When they talk out loud Eb B F banter breaks your fingers on me Eb Gm F It?s a long way out Eb B F Past the bar and past the awning Eb Gm F Past the easy crowd Eb B F Back into the end verse 3 Gm B F Cm I am finding solace here Eb Gm F Cm In this unexpected place B F Gm Cm Like a startled dying man Eb Gm F Cm Kneels in prayer just in case Gm B F Cm And while the night sky sadly lit Eb Gm F Cm All that we were sleeping through B F Gm Cm Death took my friend Benjamin Eb Gm F Cm But he left his keys with you Gm B F Cm So I?ll kiss the air instead Eb Gm F Cm As not to disturb your sleep B F Gm Cm And if you never wake my love Eb Gm F Cm Maybe you can come with me Eb Gm F But it?s the wrong way out Eb B F 20 steps but it?s so harming Eb Gm F When they talk out loud Eb B F banter breaks your fingers on me Eb Gm F It?s the wrong way out Eb B F Past the bar and past the awning Eb Gm F Past the easy crowd Eb B F Back into the end of harmony Eb B F Back into the end of harmony Eb B F Back into the end of harmony Eb B F Cm B Cm Back into the eeeeeeeeeeeend