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