She Who Mars the Skin of Gods Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Bm][Em][F5][Bm]
[G][Em][F5][Bm][G]
[Bm]

[Verse 1]
[Bm]"Kezia,
my darling, please never forget
[G]World's got the substance of
[Em]a frozen summer [Bm]silhouette"
Said my mother through lips that were
cracked with love and toil
[G]Before she added,
"the warmest of [Bm]blankets is six feet of soil"

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][Bbm][Bm]

[Verse 2]
She had a perfume called [Bm]"Pride" that
smelled a lot more like (shame)
So when she walked into the
room I was sleeping
Heard her curse my father's
[D]name[G][Bm]
It was our situation, our position,

[Interlude 2]
our gender to blame
[Bm][Em][Bm][D][Bm]
[A][G][D][Bm]
[D](It was [Bm]the

[Verse 3]
lonely grey of my father's
eyes staring back in the)
The mirror's frame
(It was the lonely grey of my father's
eyes staring back [D]in the)
[Bm]Mirror's frame

[Interlude 3]
[Bm]

[Verse 4]
Mother, oh, mother, [Bm]shak[G]ing while I write
[A]Tonight I'll stay awake and try[Em] to
breathe away my [Bm]fright
Mother, oh, mother,
shak[G]ing while I write
[A]Tonight I'll stay awake and [Em]try to breathe away my f[Bm]right[Am][F5][Bm]

[Interlude 4]
[C][D][G][Bm][C][G][C]
[D][Bm][D][Bm][C][G][C][D][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 5]
There's [C]a letter waiting [D]for [Em]me
[D][Bm][Am][Em][Am][C]
That I have yet to [D]read[Em][Am]
[Em][Am][Bm][C]
There's a letter waiting [D]for [C]me
That I have yet to [D]read[Em]
Because I know it's [C]not from you
You're the [G]only one I need
You're the [D]only one I need
I'm [Em]tired and [C]I'm cold
[G]and I want [C]to go to bed
Buy there's [G]no one here to tuck me in
So the shot[D]gun will [Em]instead
[C](I'm tired, [G]I'm cold)
[Bm]The shot[D]gun will [Bm]in st[Em]ead
(I want to go to bed, I [C]want to go to bed)
I want to
[G](No one here to tuck
me [Bm]in)
[D]So this shotgun [G]will[Em]

[Outro 1]
[Em][Bm][G]
[Em]