Intro:
G#m F# E B F#6
G#m F# E B D#m7
G#m
F# E
Here I sit at the fire
B F#6 G#m
Liquor's bitter flames warm my languid soul
F# E
Here I drink alone and remember
B D#m7 G#m
G# graven life, the stain of her memory
F# E
In this cup, love's poison
B F#6 G#m
For love is the poison of life
F# E
Tip the cup, feed the fire,
B D#m7
And forget about useless fucking hope. . .
G#m D#m7 F# G#m
Lost in the desolation of love
F# E G#m
The passions we reap and sow
D#m7 F# G#m
Lost in the desolation of life
F# E G#m
This path that we walk. . .
F# E B F#6
G#m F# E B D#m7 G#m
F# E
Here's to love, the sickness
B F#6 G#m
The great martyr of the soul
F# E
Here's to life, the vice
B D#m7 G#m
The great herald of misery
F# E
In this cup, spiritus frumenti
B D#m7 G#m
For this is the nectar of the spirit
F# E
Quench the thirst, drown the sorrow
B D#m7
And forget about cold yesterdays. . .
G#m D#m7 F# G#m
Lost in the desolation of love
F# E G#m
The passions we reap and sow
D#m7 F# G#m
Lost in the desolation of life
F# E G#m
This path that we walk. . .
G#m D#m7 F# G#m
Lost in the desolation of love
F# E G#m
The sorrows we reap and sow
D#m7 F# G#m
Lost in the desolation of life
F# E G#m
This path that we walk. . .
Outro:
D#m7 F# G#m F#6 E G#m x3