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)
Dm A
A#/F Gm7 F C Gm C Dm
Gm C F A
Verse 1
Dm A
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
A#/F Gm7 F C
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Gm C Dm
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Gm C F A
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
Dm A
You took apart the sympathetic angle
A#/F Gm7 F C
When you catered to the bitterness inside
Gm C Dm
Aligned yourself with depths I couldn't handle
Gm C F
G million daily deaths before you die
Chorus
A#
Gathered a bouquet
Dm
Roses and posies
G
and straightened my tie
A# F C
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find
Verse 2
Dm A
Through layer after layer of subconscious
A#/F Gm7 F C
I hunted for a reason in the woods
Gm C Dm
I tore apart the map and started backwards
Gm C F A
I couldn't picture living there for good
Dm A
I left you there to finish setting fires
A#/F Gm7 F C
I left you there to propagate your lie
Gm C Dm
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
Gm C F
I left you but that doesn't make it right
Chorus
A#
I remember your bedroom
Dm
Ivy and clover
G
You kept me alive
A# F C
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside
Outro
Dm A
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
A#/F Gm7 F C
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Gm C Dm
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Gm C F A
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left