sarasvati chords by Mary Lambert

SimplifiedAm · G · F · C

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
You are
G 
sanscrid on my skin
Peel me open 'til I am
Am 
nothing but a whisper
Name your self center, I
G 
only play for pennies
Am 
And I don't play for sinners,
I play for sadness
G 
I play for dead things

New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Get now
Verse 2
F 
Am 
So pull the bones
from their sockets
C 
G 
Please be soft while you do it for I am fragile
F 
Am 
and fading
C 
Sarasvaties sew me to sleep
G 
F 
I rested my gains and knee and
Am 
the music I like goes up
C 
And down like bobbing bodies
G 
F 
in the river bend

Verse 3
Am 
And they say "Mary, why are your songs
C 
G 
Am 
so sad?
G 
Look at the luck and fortune
you've had
Am 
Why do you cry at night?"

Verse 4

Pull the bones from their sockets

Please be soft while you do it

for I am fragile and fading

Verse 5
F 
Am 
You can take my body
and tongue and organs
C 
G 
F 
Whisper my skin like death has already
Am 
C 
G 
F 
Am 
rose and stuff
C 
G 
F 
C 
G 
Every piece of me that crashes
F 
C 
And every piece of you
G 
And I swear that's how they make stars
F 
Am 
I don't know