Intro 00-0:12)
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(I haven't figured out the lick from 0:12-0:18, which is repeated throughout)
(0:18)
F#m C#
D/A Bm7 A E Bm E F#m
Bm E A C#
Verse 1
F#m C#
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
D/A Bm7 A E
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Bm E F#m
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Bm E A C#
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
F#m C#
You took apart the sympathetic angle
D/A Bm7 A E
When you catered to the bitterness inside
Bm E F#m
Aligned yourself with depths I couldn't handle
Bm E A
B million daily deaths before you die
Chorus
D
Gathered a bouquet
F#m
Roses and posies
B
and straightened my tie
D A E
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find
Verse 2
F#m C#
Through layer after layer of subconscious
D/A Bm7 A E
I hunted for a reason in the woods
Bm E F#m
I tore apart the map and started backwards
Bm E A C#
I couldn't picture living there for good
F#m C#
I left you there to finish setting fires
D/A Bm7 A E
I left you there to propagate your lie
Bm E F#m
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
Bm E A
I left you but that doesn't make it right
Chorus
D
I remember your bedroom
F#m
Ivy and clover
B
You kept me alive
D A E
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside
Outro
F#m C#
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
D/A Bm7 A E
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Bm E F#m
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Bm E A C#
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left