[Intro]
Dm Am G (x4)
[Verse 1]
Dm Am G
I will never marry my love
Dm Am G
I will die waiting for the bells
C G Dm Am
Death, come pull me underwater
C G Dm
I have nothing left to fear from hell
Dm Am G
I was gifted at the music
Dm Am G
I was born the day the year was new
C G Dm Am
Someone has stolen all the water
C G F
I keep the pills inside an urn
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
Lord, show me my daughter
C G Dm
Show me her before she burned
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse 2]
Dm Am G
We go walking in the hallways
Dm Am G
Now and then a record gives a tune
C G Dm Am
Sometimes we hang from our chambers
C G F
Baudelaire in the afternoon
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
The yellow rose is a stranger
C G Dm
The devil’s invitation in bloom
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am C G
Dm Am G
[Verse 3]
Dm Am G
I stand looking at my chamber
Dm Am G
There are many things upon the floor
C G Dm Am
The blade is ready for the slaughter
C G F
The Virgin Mary hangs on the door
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
I will arrive at death’s border
C G Dm
Take back the cover God has torn from me
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse 4]
Dm Am G
I am at the river with baby
Dm Am G
Her father enters with a leap
C G Dm Am
Hold her head above the water
C G F
She is pale against the stream
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
I am the horse beneath his daughter
C G Dm
He is the mountain underneath
[Outro]
Am G
Dm Am G
Dm G
Dm Am G