Rainer Maria
Save My Skin
2001 Polyvinyl Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
Intro:
E--B-A-B--E--B-A-B-
G#m--F#m--G#m--F#m
Verse 1:
E B A B E B A B
i'll find a way
G#m F#m G#m F#m
to save my skin
E B A B E B A B
that pre--cious way
G#m F#m G#m F#m
it holds me in
E B A B
reminds you
E B A B
reminds you of
G#m F#m
holy days you
G#m F#m
once believed in
E G#m A F#m(hold)
please don't stop
Verse 2:
F#m C#m B
there's something
G#m F#m G#m
new stirring
F#m E B
up the elements
F#m E F#m E
under the sur-face
F#m
the first thing
C#m B G#m F#m
i want to do
G#m F#m
is to overcome
E B
my temperament
F#m
let the arrow
E F#m E
find its pur-pose
Chorus 1:
F#m C#m B
there is the
G#m F#m G#m F#m
e---lo--quence and
E B E
there is the
F#m E F#m E
dif-ference
F#m
between what
C#m B G#m F#m G#m F#m
is said
E B
and what is
F#m E F#m E
never said
Verse 3:
F#m
the first thing
C#m B G#m
i want to do
F#m G#m F#m
is to champion
E B
the tenderness
F#m E F#m
i once believed
E E G#m A F#m(hold)
in please don't stop
Interlude: E-- x2
Bridge:
E
I tried to be
a materialist
C#m
until i was
treated like
simple flesh
E
I tried to mention
all my sins
C#m
but i didn't
know where to
begin should
B
i forget them?
or should i let
A E B A B E B A B
them begin again?
G#m F#m G#m F#m
(Repeat Verse 1)
(Repeat Verse 2)
Chorus 2:
F#m C#m B
there is the
G#m F#m G#m F#m
e---lo--quence
E B E
there is the
F#m E F#m E
dif-ference
F#m
between what
C#m B G#m F#m G#m F#m
is said
E B
and what is
F#m E F#m E
never said
E G#m A F#m(hold)
please don't
E B A B E B A B
stop
G#m F#m G#m F#m
Outro:
E B A B E B A B
i'll find a way
G#m F#m G#m F#m
to save my skin
E B A B E B A B
that pre--cious way
G#m F#m G#m F#m
it holds me in
E B A B
reminds you
E B A B
reminds you of
G#m F#m
tenderness of
G#m F#m
once believed in
E G#m A F#m(hold)
please don't stop