Published: 2023-09-20 17:02 Selection chords: Ethan Cooper
Tonality
Verse:
BmF#Em
Thereʼs a fire in my brain and Iʼm burning up
DF#BmF#
Oh my, oh my
BmF#Em
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry
DF#BmF#
Oh my, oh my
Pre-chorus:
BmG
Every word I say is kindling
DF#
But the smoke clears when youʼre around
BmG
Wonʼt you stay with me, my darling
F#
When my walls start burning down?
(Down, down)
BmF#EmDF#BmF#
Verse:
BmF#Em
This house says my name like an elegy
DF#BmF#
Oh my, oh my
BmF#Em
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be
DF#BmF#
Oh my, oh my
Pre-chorus:
BmG
Thereʼs still cobwebs in the corners
DF#
And the backyardʼs full of bones
BmG
Wonʼt you stay with me, my darling
F#
When this house donʼt feel like home?
F#
When this house donʼt feel like home?
Chorus:
BmG
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
DF#BmF#
The devilʼs after both of us
BmG
Lay my curses all to rest
DF#Bm
Make a mercy out of me
BmF#EmDF#BmF#
Verse:
BmF#Em
This tired old machine is a-rumbling
DF#BmF#
Oh my, oh my
BmF#Em
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye
DF#BmF#
Oh my, oh my
Pre-chorus:
BmG
All my aching bones are trembling
DF#
And I may yet fall apart
BmG
Wonʼt you stay with me, my darling
F#
When the war starts in my heart?
F#
When the war starts in my heart?
Chorus:
BmG
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
DF#BmF#
The devilʼs after both of us
BmG
Lay my curses all to rest
DF#Bm
Make a mercy out of me
BmG
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
DF#BmF#
Tell me I am good enough
BmG
Lay my curses all to rest
DF#
Make a mercy out of
F#Bm