Bb [6 8 8 7 6 x]
Ab [4 6 6 5 4 x]
G [3 5 5 4 3 x]
Eb [x 6 8 8 8 x]
[Intro]
G Bb x3
Eb
[Verse]
CmBbAb
She was tied up to the tracks in the middle of the road
CmBbAbG
Clutching to the thorns of a rose that she fought but she couldn't let go, couldn't let go
CmBbAb
Pirched upon his lungs, she was tapping at his chest
CmBbAbG
I'll be hiding in the dreams of your last will and testament, testament
[Pre-chorus]
BbG
And if the only way out was just a straight ahead admission of guilt
BbG
Then he wouldn't be sitting in the darkness, sharpening every excuse
[Chorus]
CmBbAbCmBb
You hit the bottle, but you can't drink the yellow out of your spine
Ab
If you would, if you would, if you would
CmBbAbCmBb
You hit the bottle, but you can't drink the yellow out of your spine
Ab
If you would, if you would, if you would
[Verse]
CmBbAb
Smothered by the time that he could never forget
CmBbAbG
Disassociation in the comfort of his dreams that she wouldn't let go, wouldn't let go
CmBbAb
And everytime he woke up in the coldest sweat
CmBbAbG
Scrawled to the bone with her nails was the promise that she wouldn't let go, wouldn't
let go
[Pre-chorus]
BbG
And if the only way out was just a straight ahead admission of guilt
BbG
Then he wouldn't be sitting in the darkness, sharpening every excuse
[Chorus]
CmBbAbCmBb
You hit the bottle, but you can't drink the yellow out of your spine
Ab
If you would, if you would, if you would
CmBbAbCmBb
You hit the bottle, but you can't drink the yellow out of your spine
Ab
If you would, if you would, if you would
[Bridge]
EbBbCm
She will swing the hammer every night
GBbCm
Sleeping in the ditch beyond the pines
EbBbCm
She must breathe the water every night
GBbCm
Taking every breath that you've denied
EbBbCm
She will swing the hammer every night
GBb
Sleeping in the ditch
GBb
Sleeping in the ditch
GBbCm
Sleeping in the ditch beyond the pines
[Chorus]
CmBbAbCmBb
You hit the bottle, but you can't drink the yellow out of your spine
Ab
If you would, if you would, if you would
CmBbAbCmBb
You hit the bottle, but you can't drink the yellow out of your spine
Ab
If you would, if you would, if you would
[Outro]
AbBb
Momento mori
(Never try to take it away)
AbBb
Momento mori
(The only thing that you're told)
AbBb
Momento mori
(Never gonna take your place)
Ab