Intro:
C#m B A E B6
C#m B A E G#m7
C#m
B A
Here I sit at the fire
E B6 C#m
Liquor's bitter flames warm my languid soul
B A
Here I drink alone and remember
E G#m7 C#m
C# graven life, the stain of her memory
B A
In this cup, love's poison
E B6 C#m
For love is the poison of life
B A
Tip the cup, feed the fire,
E G#m7
And forget about useless fucking hope. . .
C#m G#m7 B C#m
Lost in the desolation of love
B A C#m
The passions we reap and sow
G#m7 B C#m
Lost in the desolation of life
B A C#m
This path that we walk. . .
B A E B6
C#m B A E G#m7 C#m
B A
Here's to love, the sickness
E B6 C#m
The great martyr of the soul
B A
Here's to life, the vice
E G#m7 C#m
The great herald of misery
B A
In this cup, spiritus frumenti
E G#m7 C#m
For this is the nectar of the spirit
B A
Quench the thirst, drown the sorrow
E G#m7
And forget about cold yesterdays. . .
C#m G#m7 B C#m
Lost in the desolation of love
B A C#m
The passions we reap and sow
G#m7 B C#m
Lost in the desolation of life
B A C#m
This path that we walk. . .
C#m G#m7 B C#m
Lost in the desolation of love
B A C#m
The sorrows we reap and sow
G#m7 B C#m
Lost in the desolation of life
B A C#m
This path that we walk. . .
Outro:
G#m7 B C#m B6 A C#m x3