Intro 00-0:12)
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A--3-3---3-3---2-2--0------3-3--5------------------------|
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(I haven't figured out the lick from 0:12-0:18, which is repeated throughout)
(0:18)
Fm C
C#/G# A#m7 G# D# A#m D# Fm
A#m D# G# C
Verse 1
Fm C
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
C#/G# A#m7 G# D#
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
A#m D# Fm
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
A#m D# G# C
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
Fm C
You took apart the sympathetic angle
C#/G# A#m7 G# D#
When you catered to the bitterness inside
A#m D# Fm
Aligned yourself with depths I couldn't handle
A#m D# G#
A# million daily deaths before you die
Chorus
C#
Gathered a bouquet
Fm
Roses and posies
A#
and straightened my tie
C# G# D#
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find
Verse 2
Fm C
Through layer after layer of subconscious
C#/G# A#m7 G# D#
I hunted for a reason in the woods
A#m D# Fm
I tore apart the map and started backwards
A#m D# G# C
I couldn't picture living there for good
Fm C
I left you there to finish setting fires
C#/G# A#m7 G# D#
I left you there to propagate your lie
A#m D# Fm
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
A#m D# G#
I left you but that doesn't make it right
Chorus
C#
I remember your bedroom
Fm
Ivy and clover
A#
You kept me alive
C# G# D#
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside
Outro
Fm C
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
C#/G# A#m7 G# D#
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
A#m D# Fm
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
A#m D# G# C
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left