Intro
Eb Gm F x4
Verse
BbFGmEb
I was the first match struck at the first cremation,
BbFGmEb
you are my shallow grave, I'll tend you as a sexton
BbFGmEb
If you're the casket door that's being slammed upon me,
BbFGmEb
I'll be a plague cross painted on your naked body
Bb
Well summer sighed and summoned up hail.
FGm
Dirty dish rack drips the holy grail
(Gm)
May be heartslob but I want 'em to know,
EbBb
cut and shut us like a portmanteau
(Bb) F
We sit around jus' spitballin',
(F) Gm
all the witches cackle round my cauldron
(Gm) Eb
Recognise the lies from my poker tongue
(Eb) Gm
is it true...?
Chorus
FEb
They say you and me
(Eb)
are tautology
GmF
What grows from the seeds,
Eb
can you quite believe?
GmF
through cracks come the weeds,
Eb
Long time listener,
GmF
first time caller,
Eb
no need to remind me
GmF
What death leaves behind me
Bb
Verse
BbFGmEb
Why must I lie awake, from dust until the morning,
BbFGmEb
through fear of bein' impaled upon errant mattress spring?
BbFGmEb
Within a waking dream I finally made my heel turn,
BbFGmEb
lived life as Super 8 when you were promised Hilton
Bb
Propose me as a pardon for sins,
FGm
led on barbecue I'm burnt offerings
(Gm) Eb
I proof-read the Book of Job for the Lord:
(Eb) Bb
edit one, League Cup 2004
(Bb) F
We, delicate as a filigree,
(F) Gm
cleared a place for us in the chicory
(Gm) Eb
Colosseum blood will dry in the sun
(Eb) Gm
is it true...?
Chorus
FEb
They say you and me
(Eb)
are tautology
GmF
What grows from the seeds,
Eb
can you quite believe?
GmF
through cracks come the weeds,
Eb
Long time listener,
GmF
first time caller,
Eb
no need to remind me
GmF
What death leaves behind me
BbBbFGmEb
We tread it carefully, we feel around in kid-gloves
BbFGmEb
What death will leave behind, death will leave behind love
BbFGmEb
We will flower again, I have surely seen it
BbFGm
WE WILL FLOWER AGAIN
FEb
They say you and me
(Eb)
are tautology
GmF
What grows from the seeds,
Eb
can you quite believe?
GmF
through cracks come the weeds,
Eb
Long time listener,
GmF
first time caller,
Eb
no need to remind me
GmF
What death leaves behind me