Callous chords by Goodtime Boys

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Verse 1
C 
This is a quiet house,
G 
Em 
we'll have no love in here.
C 
Just words that explode exposing flesh from bone
G 
Em 
on skeletons we've hidden for years.
C 
G 
Em 
She breathes without a sound so no one else can hear
C 
sentences scratched to the roof of her mouth.
G 
Em 
C 
Foundations formed in fear.
I had such hopes for this endeavour,
D 
G 
Em 
so pure when they were sure.
B 
C 
G 
Such high hopes for this endeavour so pure,
Em 
D 
but now it's gone it seemed a lie.
G 
Em 
This violin's broken strings,
D 
Am 
G 
this rotten apple for an  eye.
Em 
B 
If I said it then I meant it when I said it,
C 
Am 
D 
C 
Am 
D 
C 
G 
Em 
but time slips away from me so often these days.
C 
G 
Em 
C 
Handing out trophies to the hopeless
G 
Em 
C 
G 
Em 
caught in the grips of doubt.
C 
Em 
C 
B 
Em 
C 
G 
You are forgotten, down at the bottom, far from the trees these rotten apples,
Em 
C 
G 
Am 
C 
B 
C 
D 
Em 
forsaken in name.
C 
B 
C 
D 
Em 
I search for a new life and call it change
C 
B 
C 
D 
Em 
as I  breathe into the ground.
C 
B 
C 
D 
You and your regrets will lay in wait
B 
Em 
D 
as you seek little hope.
C 
D 
Step outside and take a breath,
Em 
C 
D 
Em 
begin this journey in spite of the rain.
C 
D 
Em 
C 
I pity you, those that have not loved and I envy you,
C 
D 
Em 
those that will not love again.