Thursday Porcelain Waiting 1999 Submitted by: paramore_Fans@yahoo.com Key: C, F Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: Am - x02210 C - x32010 Dm - xx0231 Bb - x13331 D - xx0232 Intro: Dm-- x8 Verse 1: Am C Dm City of blue tile Am C Dm Figure in Ceramics Am C Dm Where we reach out Am C Grab for Porce- Chorus 1: Dm Am Bb Dm -lain But it's too fragile to hold Am Bb Dm And it shatters in our hands Am In time the seasons will Bb Dm seal these shards Am Into the slits that Bb Dm denote your wrists Bb Death is the answer Am To calculations composed Bb Dm of motions that are the same Bb And secret and different Am A missing alphabet Bb with a message for us Verse 2: Dm When people die (DIE,DIE!) Am They take a piece C Dm of us with them (PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!) Am And holes in clouds Bb Dm are minutes passing (DIE AND DIE!) Am Rescind this line C Dm and several ties (PEOPLE DIE AND DIE EVERYDAY!) Am The skyline unfolds C into expla- Chorus 2: Dm -nation That sometimes Bb words give up Am And silently walk off the Bb edge the edge of the page Dm Bb And here the cry opens up Am reveals the word inside Bb Dm The crack in the porcelain Bb Am The crack in the porcelain Bb Dm(hold) The crack in the porcelain Interlude: Bb--Dm-- Bridge: Bb The silent line of Dm skylit eyes show Bb The silent line of Dm skylit eyes show Bb The silent line of Dm skylit eyes show Bb The silent line of Dm skylit eyes show (Repeat) D-- Sing in Backup: Death up there shine more brightly than lives down here Try and live (Repeat Verse 2) Outro: Dm Bb -nation Dm Bb explanation Bb Try and live Dm Try and live Bb Try and live Bb Try and live Dm Try and live Bb Try and live Bb Try and live Dm Try and live Bb Dm---(hold) Try and live, live Try and live Try and live
