Intro:
BmGbEmDGbBmGbVerse 1:
BmGbEm
There's a fire in my brain and I'm burning up
DGbBmGb
Oh my, oh my
BmGbEm
Keep running for the sink but the well is dry
DGbBmGb
Oh my, oh my
Pre-Chorus:
BmG
Every word I say is kindling
DGb
But the smoke clears when you're around
BmG
Won't you stay with me, my darling
Gb
When my walls start burning down?
-Down, down-
Interlude:
BmGbEmDGbBmGbVerse 2:
BmGbEm
This house is my name like an elegy
DGbBmGb
Oh my, oh my
BmGbEm
Echoing where my ghosts all used to be
DGbBmGb
Oh my, oh my
Pre-Chorus:
BmG
There's still cobwebs in the corners
DGb
And the backyard's full of bones
BmG
Won't you stay with me, my darling
Gb
When this house don't feel like home?
Gb
When this house don't feel like home?
Chorus:
BmG
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
DGbBmGb
The devil's after both of us
BmG
Lay my curses out to rest
DGbBm
Make a mercy out of me
Interlude:
BmGbEmDGbBmGbVerse 3:
BmGbEm
This tired old machine is a-rumbling
DGbBmGb
Oh my, oh my
BmGbEm
Singing songs to the secrets behind my eye
DGbBmGb
Oh my, oh my
Pre-Chorus:
BmG
All my aching bones are trembling
DGb
And I may yet fall apart
BmG
Won't you stay with me, my darling
Gb
When the war starts in my heart?
Gb
When the war starts in my heart?
Chorus:
BmG
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
DGbBmGb
The devil's after both of us
BmG
Lay my curses out to rest
DGbBm
Make a mercy out of me
BmG
Oh ashes, ashes, dust to dust
DGbBmGb
Tell me I am good enough
BmG
Lay my curses out to rest
DGb
Make a mercy out of
Outro: GbBm