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