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