An Introduction To The Album Cifras

[Intro­]
D | D | D | D |
D | D | D | D |
 
 
[Verse 1]
          D
Open the curtains
        Em7               D   Bm  C#  A     G
Singing birds tell me, "Tear the buildings down"
         Bm7            A                    D
You felt blessed to receive their pleasant sound
             Em7             D    Bm  C#     A  G
Things that break make you cringe in--side yourself
          Bm7              A                 D            Em7
There's a child counting stars in their time-out of their day
        D  Bm   C#    A    G             Bm7
In the cor-ners of their frame they're encased
        A             D         Em7
In the losing of a grain of themselves
          D     Bm  C#  A     G  Bm7
Pushed against the  ebb and flow
           A               (D)
Wave good-bye and watch it go
 
 
[Instrumental]
D | Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | Gmaj9 |
D | Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | Gmaj9 |
D | Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | Gmaj9 |
D | Dmaj7 | Gmaj7 | Gmaj9 |
 
 
[Verse 2]
                   D             Em7
Well, show me the honest, proper way
            D  Bm  C#  A  G
To disarm pre--da--to-ry gaze
        Bm7         A
Sucking dry, never satiated
 D             Em7           D  Bm
You've been misused, been rewi-red
 C#      A    G         Bm7
You're short-circuiting now
        A                 D         Em7
Just remember when you'd call me to come
        D     Bm   C#    A   G
Take a deep breath and then jump
          Bm7          A
(Oh, woah-oh, oh, woah-oh)
                D
So fragile are bodies
      Em7
So concave
         D   Bm  C#  A     G
Work in self-destructive ways
          Bm7          A
(Oh, woah-oh, oh, woah-oh)
                 (D)
(Oh, ooh-oh oh-oh-oh)
 
 
[Bridge]
                   D  Dmaj7  Gmaj7  Gmaj9
You shot from the hip  and   missed
               D   Dmaj7  Gmaj7  Gmaj9
Detaching from all  of    this
             D            Dmaj7
In physical pictures you remain
        Gmaj7             Gmaj9
Spiral 'round yourself in figure-eight
      D           Dmaj7     Gmaj7  Gmaj9
I recoil at every  new  beginning
 
 
[Verse 3]
                  D
I searched for a way out
         Em7
Don't we all?
     D  Bm  C#    A  G
Existen-tia-list re-call
        Bm7          A             D           Em7
Turn in all, all dichotomies and truths that I gave
         D   Bm  C#  A   G
I felt wrong in  ma-ny ways
       Bm7
Didn't heal
             A           D        Em7
It just got harder everyday to be still
       D  Bm     C#     A    G
To be passing through the throes
     Bm7
In a daze
          A
Feeling heavy
         D         Em7
Feeling cold in my skin
       D      Bm             C#           A
In my hand-me-downs, wearing everything thin
         G                         Bm7
And the pills that you gave didn't do  anything
         A
I just slept for years on end
 
Fuck!
 
 
[Instrumental]
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D          | Em7        | D     Bm   | C#    A    |
G          | Bm7        | A          |
D          | Em7        | D     Bm   | C#    A    |
G          | Bm7        | A          |
 
 
[Verse 4]
               D             Em7
Well, so if I call, should I beg?
           D        Bm
Cause I'm desperate here
          C#            A
A couple steps from the edge
         G
I can't seem to burn bright enough
    Bm7                 A
I'm cold and I'm left alone
             D
(We're all alone)
       Em7
Grab a hold
       D          Bm
I know I said not to
         C#          A
What the fuck do I know?
          G                            Bm7              A
I had a chance to construct something beautiful and I choked
    A
I choked
    A
I choked
    A
I choked
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