------------Verse:

A5
In cycles
A5
I'll lead you around the excavation
A5
Where grass grows
A5
And remnants of you in placation
A5
Your breath sounds
A5
Inhaling a portrait, it's frozen
A5
In blue gowns
A5
You trace along the house which you have chosen
A5
And holding tightly
When sound is dead we'll sing in time
Bb5         A5
And lie
A5
When life meets child, your only pride
Bb5          A5
You lie
A5
When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while
Bb5          A5
And lie
A5
I'll take you for walks on the ocean

--------Chorus:
(everything cuts out but guitar, half/time)

A5
She had a pretty dad
G5
But she was growing out of play-school
Still she could kick and scream and play
D5
Until she wanted to
A   (drums kick back in)
My little chocolate girl
G5
Her brother barely out of high school
Lived in a place where he could scream
D5
Until he wanted to
A5
Oh fuzzy tabby cat
G5
And she could bury him in apples
and curl around a bowl of cotton
D5
'Til she wanted to

----------(Back to verse, regular time)

A5
Still she had to speak loud
A5
'Cause hearing isn't hiding the widows
A5
And eats in
A5
And picks her Sunday flowers in the garden
A5
And cries late
A5
Still drinking with the boys until it's ran out
A5
And prays long
A5
In hopes of something better for the children

A5
And holding tightly
When sound is dead we'll sing in time
Bb5        A5
And lie
A5
When life meets child, your only pride
Bb5         A5
Can lie
A5
When ceilings smile, we'll sleep a while
Bb5          A5
And lie
A5
I'll take you for walks on the ocean

----Chorus: (everything cuts out but guitar, half/time)

A5
She met a pretty boy
G5
And they would dance between their elders
                                                                             D5
And she would cream until the wine she bought had settled in
A       (drums kick back in)
Our little chocolate girl
G5
She used to love the stars from England
She slept on records and her marble jewelry
D5
From her school
A5
Her colors matched the room

G5
And she would twirl around the curtains
She had a hand to hold her chin up
D5
When her friends left town
A5
The kid across the street
G5
He'll keep around when she was changing
                                                                          D5
And he would wait and she would tell her friends about the boy
A5
Her mother died at home
G5
She had saliva in her pockets
                                                                   D5
She gave a go when her last taste had finally gave up the day
Dsus9
Oh little chocolate girl
A4add9
Won?t you leave your name

---------Final part: (Repeat til end)

B5 
So put your lanterns all across the maze
So I won't feast on folly
E5      F#5
Better love the rain who brought the stings endear
And who will pop the triggers
A5
Cause I can't see you
E5     F#5
I'll open up my brain again


It has a lot of lyrics but the music is pretty simple once you listen to
it a few times. There are some pretty cool synth and piano licks
that Avey plays that aren't too hard to figure out either. I haven't 
learned all of them , but I know for the Bb part in the verse, the synth
goes something like:
(bass tab)
------------------ | 
------------------ | 
--3--1---3--1--0-- | 
------------------ | 
And the 'Ill take you for walks on the ocean' part is something like:
------------------- | 
---7--6--4--6------ | 
------------------- | 
------------------- | 

Don't quote me on those licks, I just started toying around with those 
parts. Anyway, have fun with this, because I sure as hell do. Now I just 
have to convince my band to cover this, haha. Email me if you have any 
corrections at mattpuhr@gmail.com. Rock on!