Key: G# minor
Intro 1
Em
G
Em
G
C
Am
C
D
C
Em
D
F
Verse 1
Em
I grabbed
hold of her wrist and my hand closed from tip to tip
you've got to let it slip
she's not eating again
she's not eating again
Verse 2
Am
C
I need her to translate
meaning more significant
C
Em
She was always far too pretty for me
believe a word she said
F
Verse 3
in a routine operation
general anesthetic
experimenting with prescriptions
Verse 4
more than the doctors
Am
F
waiting for the tide
Gm
G
F
This thing hurts like hell but
what did you expect
Am
Verse 5
C
F
C
And all you can hear is the sound
C
D
And all you can feel is your lungs
G
Am
flood and the blood course
C
F
But oh I can see five hundred
C
F
years dead set ahead of me
D
Am
a thousand years in perfect symmetry
Interlude 1
Em
G
Em
G
Verse 6
through all the southern states
D
C
There were racists on the radio try
government program
Verse 7
And I wonder if you could
be one of them
Without wanting to cut
off your tongue again
Verse 8
When you are sat at the sea
And a view of the end of the pier
Verse 9
And wish that you'd just float away
Verse 10
just like the edge of the world
G
F
The sea is a good place to
think of the future
Am
Verse 11
C
F
C
And all you can hear is the sound
of your own heart
G
Am
flood and the blood course
C
F
But oh I can see five hundred
Five hundred behind,
D
Dsus4
D
a thousand years in perfect symmetry
Em
C
A thousand years no getting
rid of me
F
C
G
A thousand years in perfect symmetry
C
Outro 1
Am
Am
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