Capo 3
[Intro] (x2)
F7
F-F-F-F G-G-G-G
[Verse 1]
Am E
Everything you'd live and die for
G D7 D/F#
Reasons leading you through here
Am
Perished matriarchal bonds
E
Failing innocence of love
G
When the world beckons your approach
E
It swallows you whole
[Chorus]
Am Dm
You'll believe what you're led to believe
C E E7
In the hands of ghosts we're never responsible
F Dm
Wait to see what you're meant to see
C E
The veil lifts when you expose your soul
[Verse 2]
Am Am Am/B C Csus2
Pray'd I would leave this place someday
Am Am Am/B C
Joined to alarm from long ago now unconcerned
Am Am Am/B C
Euphorically floating upon wax wings where is the sun?
Am
I still see her face; her beauty, her grace
Am Am/B C
Transfixed like a light in front of me
F
It follows my soul
F Dm E E7
And swallows me whole
[Chorus]
Am Dm
You'll believe what you're led to believe
C E E7
In the hands of ghosts we're never responsible
F Dm
Wait to see what you're meant to see
C E
The veil lifts when you expose your soul
[Bridge]
Am7 Asus2
Left right, left right
Am7 Asus2
Left right, left right
Am7 Asus2
Left right, left right
F E
Am7 Asus2
Left right, left right
Am7 Asus2
Left right, left right
Am7 Asus2
Left right, left right
F E
F
[Evicted solo]
F7 Am (x3)
F7 G
[Verse 3]
Am Am Am/B C Csus2
His branches reached so far before
Am Am Am/B C Csus2
His leaves were bold extremities with great control
F7 Dm E E7
Wasted along; he died alone
[Chorus]
Am Dm
You'll believe what you're led to believe
C E E7
In the hands of ghosts we're never responsible
F Dm
Wait to see what you're meant to see
C E
The veil lifts when you expose your soul
[Procession reprise]
Am
Am Dm Am Dm
She's inanimate, bloodless elegance
C Em C E
Fatal fascination breeds a bloom of misery
Am Dm Am Dm
Helpless hiding tongues, bathed in revulsion
C Em C E
Here lies possibility wilting premature
[Ending]
Am
Am C Am
But the right hand hates the left and the sea's upset with the sky
C
So we press on in spite of the spite
Am Am/Bb C
Happiness is a warm knife when the worlds on its side and your minds on fie
E Am Am/Bb C
Don't you know that happiness is a warm knife when the world is on fire
Am Am Am Am-D-C C/Bb C C/Bb C C/Bb C C/Bb (repeat until fade)