Intro:
Dm C A# F C6
Dm C A# F Am7
Dm
C A#
Here I sit at the fire
F C6 Dm
Liquor's bitter flames warm my languid soul
C A#
Here I drink alone and remember
F Am7 Dm
D graven life, the stain of her memory
C A#
In this cup, love's poison
F C6 Dm
For love is the poison of life
C A#
Tip the cup, feed the fire,
F Am7
And forget about useless fucking hope. . .
Dm Am7 C Dm
Lost in the desolation of love
C A# Dm
The passions we reap and sow
Am7 C Dm
Lost in the desolation of life
C A# Dm
This path that we walk. . .
C A# F C6
Dm C A# F Am7 Dm
C A#
Here's to love, the sickness
F C6 Dm
The great martyr of the soul
C A#
Here's to life, the vice
F Am7 Dm
The great herald of misery
C A#
In this cup, spiritus frumenti
F Am7 Dm
For this is the nectar of the spirit
C A#
Quench the thirst, drown the sorrow
F Am7
And forget about cold yesterdays. . .
Dm Am7 C Dm
Lost in the desolation of love
C A# Dm
The passions we reap and sow
Am7 C Dm
Lost in the desolation of life
C A# Dm
This path that we walk. . .
Dm Am7 C Dm
Lost in the desolation of love
C A# Dm
The sorrows we reap and sow
Am7 C Dm
Lost in the desolation of life
C A# Dm
This path that we walk. . .
Outro:
Am7 C Dm C6 A# Dm x3