The entire song is based on a I V IV V chord progression. For this song
it's A E D E.

A (x02220@1)                                        E (022100@1)  This letter you get it, you burn it, forget it 
                         DIt's (xx0232@1)not what I meant to say 
                       EYou (022100@1)might think me a scapegrace 
                       AReally (x02220@1)a fugitive in decay 
                            EI (022100@1)exist here on an acre of nature 
             DIn (xx0232@1)the diminutive 
                                      EBut (022100@1)I'll be thinking of you, I would wager 
                AMy (x02220@1)favorite hypocrite

You are a master of the commerce of friendship 
So I put all of my feathers on 
I wrote you this letter, I send it 
And this foul weather is gone 
Of your last words to me I am thinking 
And of the depth of your eyes 
But you can't halt the profound shrinking 
Of this, my porcelain life

If axed that I reject your protection 
Well I abhor captivity 
I want to live alone in my little section 
So very wild and watery

How to preserve my own mistaken perfection? 
Oh you refine vulgarity 
I want to tenuously ask this question 
Out of a census for clarity

You are a master of the commerce of friendship 
So I put all of my feathers on 
I wrote you this letter, I send it 
And this foul weather is gone 
Of your last words to me I am thinking 
And of the depth of your eyes 
But you can't halt the profound shrinking 
Of this, my porcelain life

My porcelain life 
My porcelain life

I find it very breakable

My porcelain life