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