Whitewash Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][Am][Em][Dm][F][Am][Dm]
[F]We [Am]would lie in wooden

[Verse 1]
[Dm]draws
[F]Built to kee[Am]p us from the[Dm] floor
[Am]cnd dare not move till
curtain[Dm]s call
[F]Then we [Am]would stand

[Verse 2]
in crooked [Dm]lines
[F]Hands [Am]be hind
our blackened [Dm]spines
[F]cnd dare [Am]not speak till [Dm]we were told
In si[Am]lence we [Dm]would fold

[Verse 3]
[Dm]Oh t[F]he white w[Dm]ash[F][Dm]
[F]bur[Dm]ned o[F]ur eye[Em]s
The [Dm]white[F] wa[Dm]sh ke[F]pt
[Em]us alive
[Dm]cnd the whitewash [F]may[Dm] fade[F][Em]
But [F]I will neve[Am]r forge[Dm]t

[Verse 4]
[F]
[Am]cll I [C]wanted [G]was lif[Dm]e
[F]But [C]ins[G]tead got life in[Dm]
side
[F]cnd they shaved [Am]off[C]
all [G]of my [Dm]hair
[F]Like Sam[Am]son[C]
[G]left powerless [Dm]and bare
Oh [F]the white[Dm]

[Verse 5]
[F]wash[Dm]
[F]bur[Dm]ned o[F]ur eye[Em]s
The [Dm]white[F] wa[Dm]sh ke[F]pt
[Em]us alive
[Dm]cnd the whitewash [F]may[Dm] fade[F][Em]
But [F]I will n[Am]ever f[Em]or g[Dm]et
No [F]I c[Am]an n[C]ever[G] forge[Dm]t

[Verse 6]
The white[F]wash[Dm][F][Dm]
[F]too[Dm]k my [F]son[Em]
The [Dm]white[F] wa[Dm]sh co[F]vered
[Em]me up
[Dm]cnd the whitewash[F][Dm]
[F]may fad[Em]e in time
[Dm]But I[F][Dm][F][Em]
can never [Dm]for [F]get[Dm]
[F]The[Em]

[Verse 7]
[Dm]white[F]wash[Dm][F][Em]
[Dm]The [F]whit[Dm]ewas[F]h[Em]
The [Dm]white[F]wash[Dm][F][Dm][F][Dm][F]