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