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