Intro 00-0:12)
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G---------------------0-----------4----------------------|
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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)
G#m D#
E/B C#m7 B F# C#m F# G#m
C#m F# B D#
Verse 1
G#m D#
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
E/B C#m7 B F#
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
C#m F# G#m
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
C#m F# B D#
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
G#m D#
You took apart the sympathetic angle
E/B C#m7 B F#
When you catered to the bitterness inside
C#m F# G#m
Aligned yourself with depths I couldn't handle
C#m F# B
C# million daily deaths before you die
Chorus
E
Gathered a bouquet
G#m
Roses and posies
C#
and straightened my tie
E B F#
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find
Verse 2
G#m D#
Through layer after layer of subconscious
E/B C#m7 B F#
I hunted for a reason in the woods
C#m F# G#m
I tore apart the map and started backwards
C#m F# B D#
I couldn't picture living there for good
G#m D#
I left you there to finish setting fires
E/B C#m7 B F#
I left you there to propagate your lie
C#m F# G#m
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
C#m F# B
I left you but that doesn't make it right
Chorus
E
I remember your bedroom
G#m
Ivy and clover
C#
You kept me alive
E B F#
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside
Outro
G#m D#
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
E/B C#m7 B F#
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
C#m F# G#m
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
C#m F# B D#
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left