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)
Cm G
G#/D# Fm7 D# A# Fm A# Cm
Fm A# D# G
Verse 1
Cm G
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
G#/D# Fm7 D# A#
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Fm A# Cm
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Fm A# D# G
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
Cm G
You took apart the sympathetic angle
G#/D# Fm7 D# A#
When you catered to the bitterness inside
Fm A# Cm
Aligned yourself with depths I couldn't handle
Fm A# D#
F million daily deaths before you die
Chorus
G#
Gathered a bouquet
Cm
Roses and posies
F
and straightened my tie
G# D# A#
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find
Verse 2
Cm G
Through layer after layer of subconscious
G#/D# Fm7 D# A#
I hunted for a reason in the woods
Fm A# Cm
I tore apart the map and started backwards
Fm A# D# G
I couldn't picture living there for good
Cm G
I left you there to finish setting fires
G#/D# Fm7 D# A#
I left you there to propagate your lie
Fm A# Cm
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
Fm A# D#
I left you but that doesn't make it right
Chorus
G#
I remember your bedroom
Cm
Ivy and clover
F
You kept me alive
G# D# A#
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside
Outro
Cm G
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
G#/D# Fm7 D# A#
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Fm A# Cm
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Fm A# D# G
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left