Persephone

  D                    A
Blood on my shirt, two ripped 
buttons
 G                                 
Might’ve killed me that time oh if 
         A
I’d let him
  D                              
He’s slow when he’s drunk, and he 
   G              A
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            
Can’t flag a cop ’cause I know he 
        A
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              
Got nowhere to go but I had to get 
            D
away from him
 G                    A           
My petals are bruised but I’m 
    Asus4
still a flower
 D                            A   
Come runnin’ to you in the violet 
  G/B
hour
 G                       A        
Put your skinny arms around me, 
                  D
let me taste your skin


[Verse 2]
  D
Mouth to mouth, mouth to flower
  G             A
Salty sweet you give me power
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 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              
Got nowhere to go but I had to get 
            D
away from him
G                  A             
My petals are bruised but I’m 
      Asus4
still a flower
D                             A   
Come runnin' to you in the violet 
 G/B
hour
 G                     A          
Put your skinny arms around me, 
                   D
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             
Got nowhere to go but I had to get
             D
 away from him
 G                     A          
My petals are bruised but I’m 
     Asus4
still a flower
D                              A 
Come runnin to you in the violet 
   G/B
hour
G                          A     
Put your skinny arms around me, 
                    D
let me taste your skin
G                A               
My Petals are bruised but I’m 
      Asus4
still a flower
D                           A     
Come running to you in the violet 
G/B
hour
 G                      A         
Put your skinny arms around me, 
                 D
let me taste your skin