Intro
C#dim G# N.C. C#m N.C. F#m
These are the remains of you
[Verse 1]
F#m
Ancient, sacred relics of a faith that's dead and gone
F#m
B calf that's found too late and frozen, just outside the barn
B
These are them
F#m
These are them
F#m
The sad and sinkin' feeling on the red-eye into town
F#m
Buckin' off some bull you could have rode when you were young
B
These are them
F#m
These are them
[Chorus]
F#m
And although it brings me pain just to tell you
G#
I've got to say, I'm kind of compelled to
N.C. C#m N.C. F#m
For these are the remains of you
[Verse 2]
F#m
When you can't believe and see you're living under curse
F#m
Tryin' to treat disease to see it only getting worse
B
These are them
F#m
These are them
F#m
Callin' up an old friend to find she'd overdosed last spring
F#m
B man's voice on the phone at your place, six or seven rings
B
These are them
F#m
These are them
[Chorus]
F#m
And although it brings me pain just to tell you
G#
I've got to say, I'm kind of compelled to
N.C. C#m N.C. Cm
For these are the remains of you
[Bridge]
C#m
Freezing drops of rain
C#m
Pelts of otters slain
C#m
Fortunes on the wane
C#m
The vast unbroken plain
C#m
Hatreds bred in haste
C#m
Good men losing face
C#m
Tragedy in space
C#m
Resource gone to waste
C#m
Peaceful culture aging
C#m
Holocaustal rageings
C#m
Defeats that we're still staging
C#m N.C.
In wars that we're still waging
[Outro]
D#m N.C. G#
There's nothing more I can do
N.C. C#m
For these are the remains of you