Intro: D Bm G The Bm and G are played in quick succession, like the chords in the song. If you choose you could fingerpick the D to make it more like the actual song.

^Dall the trees stood like skeletons ^Bm ^G ^Dsilhouettes of spilled ink^Bm ^G ^Dand the snows fell in sheets and got ^Bmwrapped around our ^Bsus2feet ^Bsus2we built the fire evermore with ^Awinter beating at the door

Bm Bsus2

^Dbrother's eyes were getting heavier^Bm ^G ^Dhis bony hands cold and white^Bm ^G ^Dand I could hear his ragged breathing like the ^Bmwind along a ^Bsus2knife ^Bsus2there beside him through the ^Anight, in the hum of candle^Glight ^Bsus2I no longer felt the ^Dtime

D Bm Bsus2 A

^Dbrother woke just after midnight ^Bmand he didn't make a sound ^Dand as he climbed from out of bed with severed rings around his ^Bmhead ^Bsus2his feet didn't ^Atouch the ^Dground

^GI could feel it then ^Aa tiny miracle ^Bmso I followed him ^Dinto the woods ^Gcrossed beneath the trees ^Abut only I ^Bmleft my prints in tow ^Dhe was afloat ^Gfound a lonely tree ^Aand tied ^Bmhimself within its limbs ^Dand he said to me these words: ^G"don't you fear for me, ^AI am where I'm supposed to ^Dbe."

^Dand when I woke he was gone ^Gand I was wrapped in blankets on the lawn ^Bmthe sky was blue and my ^Bsus2skin matched the hue ^Gand I could hear mother crying in your room ^Afrom here on out I wear this face for both of us

G A Bm G x2 D Bm G x2 Finish on D.

Radical Face - Severus and stone