Kevin Devine - She stayed as steam
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This song is in standard tuning in the demo, and tuned a half step down when
played live. (pretty accurate, definitely not perfect)
(All the chords in this section are palm muted power chords)
all that Fmusic in your Cmouth
rivers Grushing at your Amteeth
cresting Bbwaves through wading Fvalleys
flooded Bblanguage tribuFtaries
connect and Bbcover Fover C/Gme
tensing Fjaw & cork scCrew eyelids
as if you Gcouldn't bare to Amsee
all that Bbwater pouring Ffrom you
collecting Bbclouds inside the Fballroom
over Bbpeople Fwho don't C/Gknow you Bb
but darling i do
On 'do', begin this riff:
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(Return to palm-muted power chords)
you trance yourFself back towards the Ccity
blood not Gmoving to your Amfeet
your foot falls Bbtentative and Fmuffled
autoBbmatic listless Fshuffle
your sidewalk Bbscatter Fbrain, cry C/Guncle
you paint yourFself back in your Ccorner
and look for Gher on your tAm.v.
it's friday Bbnight and i am Fhungry
for a Bbhand, a mouth, a Fbody
a love i Bbwouldn't Fhave to C/Gcarry Bb
(For the next section, either play the riff or the chords below)
..Mouth ..now ..canal ..town
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a stitch in my F/Bbmouth
and i'm untying Dmnow
a concrete F/Bbcanal
in a bomb border Dmtown G A
(return to palm muted power chords again)
an Bbecho in the Amrafters
reminding Dmyou there was a Gsound
(D)|-7-----5---3-| Dm
but you killed her in waves
she stayed a Csteam to hiss at you Fnow C
(Stop palm muting here)
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|-333333335555555566666--3-11111---------3111111-------11113333-----|
he killed her in BbwavesF
but that's not Amtoday Dm
(back to palm muting again)
so you breathe through your Dmmouth
try to calm yourself Bbdown
and keep what you Ffound
and shout it out Aloud
(And stop palm muting again)
she can hover and Dmhurt
or dissolve to Bbdirt
some prayer in you FmoutAh
and she might stay a Gsteam
so get to the Cbeams
let you figure her Fout A
G, Dm, Bb, F, Bb, F, Bb, C/G, C7, F