Key: D5
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro: G- - B5 - A- x2
Verse 1:
G5 B5 D5
Two carpenters of failing worth
G5 B5
We found ourselves in disrepair
D5
But didn't care
G5
So we took the wood
B5
from that old tree
D5 G5
Built a coffin on the sea
B5
Flowers strewn across the deck
D5 B5
Sails drape around our broken necks
Chorus 1:
B5 G5 D5
B5 G5
And I'll (And I'll) be taken
D5
apart when it's over
Verse 2:
G5
Our ruined hands
B5 D5
collecting dust
G5
Uneven loves that drove
B5 D5
us into our bodies
G5
But we found the bricks
B5
from our old house
D5
Tried to put them
G5
back together
With no foundation
B5
underneath
D5
It crumbled right back
to a smoldering heap
Chorus 2:
B5 G5 D5
B5 G5
And We'll (And We'll) be taken
D5
apart when it's over
B5
So we gave every flaw in
G5 D5
our crooked construction a name
B5
And accepted that nothing
G5 D5
was meant to hold up for this long
Interlude: B5 - A5 - G5 - D- x2
Bridge:
B5
When you felt the
A5
sun come alive in your ribs
G5 D5
You were dying just to try it
B5
As the sutures and stitches that
A5 G5
held you together were splitting
D5
And it made such a glorious sound
Guitar Solo: G--Bm-D- x2
Verse 3:
G5
You wire strings
B5
slowly disappear
D5
Well I have been emptied
G5
of every fear
The things that we had
B5
but never replaced
D5
We're falling asleep and
forgetting the names
Verse 4:
B5 A5
Well I pried myself into pieces and
G5 D5
scattered them over the wreckage
B5
And you were still shaking your
A5 G5 D5
head holding on to your nails
B5 A5
And every splinter of timber like
G5 D5
thunder inside of my shuddering frame
B5 A5
Says I'm gonna pay yeah we're all gonna
G5 D5
pay when it's over (when it's over)
Outro:
Piano:
G- - B5 - D- x8