Persephone

  D                    A
Blood on my shirt, two ripped buttons
 G                                          A
Might’ve killed me that time oh if I’d let him
  D                                 G              A
He’s slow when he’s drunk, and he lost his grip on me
  D
Now I’m running down la rue St. Paul
  G                            A
Trying to get out from the weight of it all
  D              Asus4                    A
Can’t flag a cop ’cause I know he won’t stop
 G                   A
I’ll go see Persephone


[Chorus]

  G                           A
Tap tap tappin’ on your window screen
 D                G
Gotta let me in Persephone
                    A                          D
Got nowhere to go but I had to get away from him
 G                    A               Asus4
My petals are bruised but I’m still a flower
 D                            A     G/B
Come runnin’ to you in the violet hour
 G                       A                          D
Put your skinny arms around me, let me taste your skin


[Verse 2]

  D
Mouth to mouth, mouth to flower
  G             A
Salty sweet you give me power
 D
I feel you shake under my lips
 G             A
Your fingers tender find my secrets
 D
Don’t make a sound, don’t cry out love
  G                         A
Your parents are sleeping just above
 D
I kiss you once, I kiss you twice
 G                          A
Fall asleep looking in each other’s eyes


[Chorus]

 G                         A
Tap tap tappin’ on your window screen
 D               G
Gotta let me in Persephone
                    A                          D
Got nowhere to go but I had to get away from him
G                  A                   Asus4
My petals are bruised but I’m still a flower
D                             A    G/B
Come runnin' to you in the violet hour
 G                     A                             D
Put your skinny arms around me, let me taste your skin


[Bridge]

 D
Light on your shoulder, light on your cheek
  G                 A
Light telling me it’s time to leave
 D
The birds are calling to the morning
 G                  A
Your parents’ feet above us stirring
 D
Kiss your belly before I go
 G                 A
Climb back outta your basement window
D
Back to the cold’s bite, back to the hard life
 G                           A
Back to the harsh bright street


[Chorus]

 G                        A
Tap tap tappin’ on your window screen
 D                G/B
Gotta let me in Persephone
       G            A                          D
Got nowhere to go but I had to get away from him
 G                     A               Asus4
My petals are bruised but I’m still a flower
D                              A    G/B
Come runnin to you in the violet hour
G                          A                         D
Put your skinny arms around me, let me taste your skin
G                A                     Asus4
My Petals are bruised but I’m still a flower
D                           A     G/B
Come running to you in the violet hour
 G                      A                          D
Put your skinny arms around me, let me taste your skin