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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse 1]
My Dmbrother finds comfort in Acalculators He asDmsigns every number a Aname He beDmlieves that they add up to Acertainty And he is upDmset with fractions that reAmain So I exDmamine the maps with my Aeyes and at best I can Dmtrace with my finger all the Away To that Dmtown where she went an atAtempt to forget The Dmcracks and the Alines of my Dmface
[Verse 2]
So DmJetsabel cleaned out the Aclosets for me And she Dmpiled the boxes in the Ahall Tomorrow Dmwhen she wakes she'll come Atake them away And they Dmwill never haunt me Aagain But it is Dmstill hard to sleep with the Amoon's heavy beams I Dmrun barefoot to the backAyard Just to Dmfreeze in my place by the Arod iron gate Too aDmshamed and aAfraid to adDmvance
[Interlude] Dm C Ab Ab7 E7 Dm C Ab Ab7 E7 A7 Dm [Verse 3]
Today I Dmwalked through the snow and found a Afield of headstones They were in Dmrows like the weeks on calenAdars Where each Dmbox is a day that you can Aever escape Without Dmpills for your Apoisonous Dmsleep Now, these Dmmemories leak from these Afaucets that weep Hot Dmtears splash against the shower Afloor And I Dmstand in the steam as if Ainside a dream I can Dmsee her again by the Asink
[Verse 4]
From beDmhind the bathroom mirror she pulls a Athermometer And Dmplaced it underneath my Atounge She said, "You are as Dmpale as a sheet, you look Aawful my sweet Lay Dmdown and wait for the Asun" So I Dmstayed in that bed, she brought me Awater and read Each Dmnight from a volume out Aloud She whispered Dmsoft poetry, her favorite was AAnabel Lee And those Dmwords, like these drugs, comforted Ame
[Verse 5]
But the clocks kept Dmwaving their hands and she could Anot understand Why my Dmtemperature would never Adrop And although she Dmpromised with tears that she would Aalways be here I heard Dmtruth like the Asounding Dmsea I said, "My DmArienette, oh, how Asoon you'll forget This Dmhouse will never be your Ahome And you will Dmleave in the fall when the Atrees become graves And their Dmcolor lie Adead in the Dmgrass"
[Chorus]
AGold and green Db7torture me Like the Gbmlies, like the lies, like the lies I beE7lieve too easily Oh my AJetsabel, look at this Db7hell that I have made If you Gbmwant maybe drop by sometime Put some E7flowers on my grave So that I will look Abeautiful in my Db7silent sepulchur Yeah, that's Gbmfine, throw those dresses away I don't want E7anything of herAs
[Outro]
DmFor the moon never Ashines DmAnd the stars never Arise DmWithout bringing me Adreams DmHaunted by the ghosts N.C.of those bright eyes