E: 022100
F#: 244322
definitely my favorite song off the 2017 album.
these chords work for me, i don't think they're correct though ... (better ideas?)
i strum it pretty quickly kinda like DD-UDU DD-UDU (and so on)
here's a cover i made while i was sick, maybe it helps with the strumming (might do a better one some day):
[Intro]
(B E F# B)
[Verse 1]
(B E F# B):
B E
i was pulled out of bed by a single thread
F# B
it tugged me to death by my clothing
B E
and i was led to a door i’d never seen before
F# B
with an old gentle glow of its opening
B E
where i was a child pressed against your flower dress
F# B
i clung to it like i did before i lost you
B E
and i could tell you were cured you were happier
F# B
your perfect words were the comfort that you offered
[Chorus]
(E F# B):
E F# B
and i sat and thought about the way that women talk
E F# B
how carefully the words are chosen
E F# B
and without missing a beat you lift me off my feet
E F# B
and throw me in the depths of the ocean
[Verse 2]
B E
where i had a dream that i couldn’t breathe
F# B
that the vicious sea was attacking
B E
it wrestled my tongue as it filled my lungs
F# B
with the pressure that i’d been avoiding
B E
and i sank to the depths where the bodies slept
F# B
and a sign that read its warnings
B E
said: “he who opens his mouth while already drowned
F# B
insults the knowledge of the ocean“
[Chorus]
E F# B
so i sat inside to wait for it to dry
E F# B
until the sun had turned the sea into a meadow
E F# B
and when i opened my eyes you were by my side
E F# B
waiting for me with the trees and the pebbles
B E F# B
[Verse 3]
B E
and i said: “how could this be“ you said: “i just followed the string
F# B
that comes to me when i sleep, when i’m dreaming
B E
my little star, my baby love, i wasn’t giving up
F# B
just taking the break i thought i needed“
B E
and i said: “build me a wall that’s indestructible
F# B
place it all around my body
B E
have it blocking the sun so that when it comes
F# B
i’ll be right here where you left me“
[Chorus]
E F# B
i’ll sleep away the sadness of today
E F# B
and bury deep in the sheets that surround me
E F# B
yeah i’ll sleep until the blankets and the quilts
E F# B
dissolve into the soil around me
