Published: 2014-05-05 17:39 Selection chords: Henry Walker
Tonality
Verse:
Cmaj7EmCmaj7Em
Sheʼs the angel on top of the tree
Cmaj7EmAm
Sugar-heart here she comes, sheʼs going to fall on me
Cmaj7EmCmaj7Em
Innocence was our fire, we told the truth
Cmaj7EmAm
I miss the sweet boys in the summer of their youth
Chorus:
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you...
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you...
Verse:
Cmaj7EmCmaj7Em
They will make you so, so cynical
Cmaj7EmAm
The fire burns the flesh, destroys the best in me thatʼs old
Cmaj7EmCmaj7Em
Sheʼs the grace of this world, sheʼs too pure
Cmaj7EmAm
For the likes of this world, this world is a whore
Chorus:
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you...
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth
AmC
Tear the petals off of you...
Bridge:
EmAm
Ah, itʼs all mine
EmAm
Hey, itʼs all mine and
EmAm
Help, itʼs all mine, I
CEm
Never knew what I could be
CE7FA
All the darling buds of May, they fall with no sound
CE7FA
They carry you down, they carry you down
AFFA
..ooooooo....ooooooo..
Verse:
Cmaj7EmCmaj7Em
All the lilies bloomed and blossomed, wilted and theyʼre shivering
Cmaj7EmAm
I canʼt stop their withering, oh this world is a war
Chorus:
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you...
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you...
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you, and make you tell the truth
AmCEm
Tear the petals off of you...