------------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!