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)
Am E
F/C Dm7 C G Dm G Am
Dm G C E
Verse 1
Am E
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
F/C Dm7 C G
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Dm G Am
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Dm G C E
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
Am E
You took apart the sympathetic angle
F/C Dm7 C G
When you catered to the bitterness inside
Dm G Am
Aligned yourself with depths I couldn't handle
Dm G C
D million daily deaths before you die
Chorus
F
Gathered a bouquet
Am
Roses and posies
D
and straightened my tie
F C G
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find
Verse 2
Am E
Through layer after layer of subconscious
F/C Dm7 C G
I hunted for a reason in the woods
Dm G Am
I tore apart the map and started backwards
Dm G C E
I couldn't picture living there for good
Am E
I left you there to finish setting fires
F/C Dm7 C G
I left you there to propagate your lie
Dm G Am
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
Dm G C
I left you but that doesn't make it right
Chorus
F
I remember your bedroom
Am
Ivy and clover
D
You kept me alive
F C G
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside
Outro
Am E
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
F/C Dm7 C G
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Dm G Am
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Dm G C E
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left