Holy Branches
Radical Face
Standard Tuning
Capo 1st Fret
Chords used:
Em – 022000
G – 320022
D – x00232
Dsus4 – x00233
A – x02220
Am – x02210
C/G – 332010
Dsus4/F# – 200233 or 200033
~ – vibrato
In the intro and verses he never really plays the top two strings of the chords
until the drums come in.
Intro/Verse:
Em G D A
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Em Dsus2/F# G D
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Em
When you were young
G
You'd bite your tongue
D A
Calm, always did what you were told
Em
Never ran your mouth
Dsus4/F# G
Lived life on tiptoes
D A
Only felt peace if by yourself
C/G
When mistakes don't count
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Em
There's a hole in your
D A C/G
Chest from the time that you were born One that don't get filled
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Em D Dsus4 D Dsus4
'cause you've always known you're nothin' they want
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(pause) Em A C/G
But everybody's bones are just holy branches
D Em
Cast from trees to cut patterns into the world
A C/G
And in time we find some shelter
D Am
Spill our leaves and then sleep in the Earth
C/G
And when we're there we'll belong
Em
'cause the Earth don't give a damn if you're lost
Em G D Am
Em Dsus4/F# G D Am
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Em G
Now I live alone
D A
Work in the belly of machines
Em
Wring my soot–black hands
Dsus4/F# G
And I don't sleep much
D
Days don't feel different
A
From the nights
(pause) C/G
With no goals in mind
Em D
There's a hole in my chest
A
From the time i walked away
C/G
One i filled with sweat
Em D (pause)
'cause now i know i'm nothin' they want
Em A C/G
But everybody's bones are just holy branches
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D Em
Ride the breeze to cut patterns in the leaves
A C/G
And in time we find some shelter
D C/G
Spill our seeds and then wait for our turns
Em D A
But for now we're adrift on the waves of discontent
C/G
Trying to carve our place
Em D
All in hopes we'll be something they want
Em
But I'm not holding my breath
Em G D Am x4
A C A
Trace your fingers down my spine
A C A
Make your home behind my eyes
A C A
Line my skull with harmless lies
C D Em
I'll bide my time until I'm something they want
End.
