Standard Tuning EADGBE

Intro: Dm G (x4)

Verse 1:
        Dm                 G            Dm           G
It was the way we always knew that we never had the clue

        Dm               G             Dm            G
that we never had the chance like the others in the dance


Interlude: Dm G (x2)


Verse 2:

           Dm           G                     Dm        G     
like black diamonds, ash and light/like the mines and anthracite/

       Dm                    G             Dm                   G
split-tongued fellows, venom-survived/violence only against the vile


Interlude: Dm G (x2)


Verse 3:
 
         Dm            G            Dm                     G
/e'er we bleed into the wild/then laid to rest there, man or child/

              Dm          G          Dm              G
this shining gutter in the sun/is it worth it in the run (second half of line x3)