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Capo on 1st fret
Note: These are just chords representative of what is going on in the song,
this is not exact tablature.
LA
Hot breath, rough skin
RE
warm laughs, and smiling,
FA#m
the lovliest words
MI
whispered and meant
RE
you like all these things.
MI
But though you like all these things
LA
you love a stone.
RE
You love a stone,
MI SIm
because it's smooth and it's cold.
FA#m
And you'd love most
MI
to be told
RE
that it's all your own.
LA
You love white veins,
MI
you love hard grey,
SIm
the heaviest weight,
RE
the clumsiest shape,
FA#m
the earthiest smell,
MI
the hollowest tone
RE
you love a stone.
Bridge: A E Bm D
LA
And I'm found too fast,
called too fond of flames,
RE
and then I'm phoning my friends,
and then I'm shouldering the blame,
FA#m
while you're picking pebbles
MI
out of the drain,
RE
miles ago.
LA
You're out singing songs,
and I'm down shouting names
RE
at the flickerless screen,
going fucking insane.
FA#m
Am I losing my cool,
MI
overstating my case?
RE
Well, baby what can I say?
MI
You know I never claimed
LA
that I was a stone.
RE
And you love a stone.
FA#m
You love white veins,
MI
you love hard grey,
SIm
the heaviest weight,
RE
the clumsiest shape,
FA#m
the earthiest smell,
MI
the hollowest tone
RE
you love a stone.
Bridge: A E Bm D (x2) A
RE
You love a stone,
MI
because it's dark
SIm
and it's old
FA#m
and if it could start
MI
being alive
RE
you'd stop living alone.
(quieter)
LA
And I think I believe
MI
that if stones could dream
SIm
they'd dream of being laid
RE
side-by-side piece-by-piece
FA#m
and turned into a castle
MI
for some towering queen
RE
they're unable to know.
LA
And when that queen's daughter
MI
came of age,
SIm
I think she'd be lovely
RE
and stubborn and brave,
FA#m
and suitors would journey
MI
from kingdoms away
RE
just to make themselves known.
LA
And I think that I know
MI
the bitter dismay
SIm
of a lover who brought
RE
fresh brouquets every day
FA#m
when she turned him away
MI
to remember some knave
RE LA
who once gave just one rose, one day, years ago.
End:
LA MI SIm RE X4
LA
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