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Version 1
Tuning: DGCFAD
[Chords]
Bb 113331
Am x02210
Em 022000
G 355433
C 332010 or C2 335553
C/G 032003
Eb 66504x or Eb2 668886
F 88-10-10-10-8
D 55403x
[Intro]
e|-----------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Bb Am Em Eb Bb
C2 Eb2 Bb C2 Eb2 F
[Verse 1]
Bb C2
I'm a junkyard full of false starts
Eb2 Bb
And I don't need your permission
C2 Eb2 Bb C2
To bury my love under this bare light bulb
[Bridge 1]
Eb Gm C Eb
The moon is a sickle cell
Gm C D
It'll kill you in time
Eb Gm C Eb
Your cold white brother riding your blood
D
Like spun glass in sore eyes
[Chorus 1]
G Bb Am Em Eb
While the moon does its division you're buried below
Bb C2 Eb2 Bb C2
And you're coming up roses everywhere you go
Eb2 F
Red roses follow
[Solo]
(Play verse chords)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-6--------8-6----------8-6-8-6-------------------------------6-5-6-5-------|
G|-----7-5---------7-5-----8-8-8-7-7-7-5-------------------7-------------7-5---|
D|--------8-5---------8----------------------8-5-7-8-8-7-8---------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge 2]
Eb Gm C Eb
The things that you tell yourself
Gm C D
They'll kill you in time
Eb Gm C Eb
Your cold white brother alive in your blood
D
Spinning in the night sky
[Chorus 2]
G Bb Am Em Eb
So you got in a kind of trouble that nobody knows
Bb C2 Eb2 Bb C2
It's coming up roses everywhere you go
Eb2 F
Red roses
[Outro]
G Bb Am Em Eb Bb C2 Eb2 Bb C2 Eb2 F Bb