IntroCBbAmF (x2)
Verse 1C
I saw it all, happened on the golden sheets
C
In the morning, you were asleep
C
Hazy in your golden days
Verse 2CBb
There was a child
CBb
Moving on her mother's breast
CBb
Breathing only dust in the light
C
But you know it's awfully hard to dream
CBbAmF (x2)
Verse 3C
I was a knight in my mother's arms
CBbAmF
Black as mourning wearing the lights
C
Glowing so my sister could see
Verse 4CBbAm
I felt it all
CBbAm
But you know it's awfully hard to talk about it
CBbAmF
Try to recall
CBbAmF
The girls when I was seventeen A dream
ChorusCBb
Know this can't be right
Am
But it's awfully hard to fight
CBb
When it's going quickly and it's like
AmF
We're half asleep
CBb
There's no rosy almost days behind
Am
These painted lady eyes
CBb
Let it go and all that they imply
AmF
Get over me
Verse 5]
CGFDm
I was afraid
CGF
When I left my home
CBbAmF
And my mother sadness, my friend
CBbAmF
She used to play for me and sing
CGFDm (x4)
ChorusCBb
Know this can't be right
Am
But it's awfully hard to fight
CBb
When it's going quickly and it's like
AmF
We're half asleep
CBb
There's no rosy almost days behind
Am
These painted lady eyes
CBb
Let it go and all that they imply
AmF
Get over me
OutroCBb
It's hard to talk about
Am
When inside you're freaking out
CBb
When it's going quickly and you doubt
AmF
You're anything
CBb
But it's what we have instead of God
Am
What we have instead of God
CBb
What we have instead of God
AmF
We're anything
CBb
But it's what we have instead of God
Am
What we have instead of God
CBb
What we have instead of God
AmF
We're anything
CBb
What we have instead of God
Am
Like the moment after love
CBb
When we know we finally kill the buzz
AmF
So we can sleep
CBb
And we can finally let it lie
Am
While the days keep passing by
CBb
Carried on the little deaths we die
AmF
Then we can sleep
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.