Intro
Em - C - G - D
VERSE 1:
Em
The cold, cold harbor I went swimming in
C
Elegant, so elegant
G
It'd not be so bad to be buried beneath
D
The warmth of your leather jacket
Em
Are you a pelican a penguin
C
Or a partridge in a tree?
G
Do you adhere to the absolute
D
Or preach possibility?
CHORUS:
C
Give me a pill to pop
I need a pharmacist
G
I need a surgeon for my mind
C
There's all these images and video footage
G D
Stuck in rapid, rapid rewind
VERSE 2:
Em
Wasn't it these streets
Wasn't it this church
C
We walked past in the rain
G
Why are these police looking so hurt
D
Are they afraid of a parade?
Em
Oh my forehead pressed in the pillowcase
C
My ears are full of bells
G
Is that an elephant in the old staircase?
D
Are those sirens wishing me well?
CHORUS:
C
Give me a pill to pop
I need a pharmacist
G
I need a surgeon for my mind
C
There's all these images and video footage
G D
Stuck in rapid, rapid rewind
SOLO:
Em - C - G - D [x2]
BRIDGE:
Em
I heard a whispered cure; steam from a lava bed
C
With the sea boiling all around
G
Beneath a piano bench full of written words
D
In a junkyard I had found
Em
There was a music box a dancer on top
C
And I wound it up so tight
G
That the spring snapped and her head fell off
D
In a kaleidoscope of light
VERSE 3:
Em
When they come in, they'll come in guns blazing
C
Isn't that what they always say they'll do?
G
I awake tired and I'm always strangling
D
My heart obsidian for you
Em
There is darkness round my neck
C
My heart is brass and melting quick
G
I need the forgiveness of the ignorant
D
But there's no simple cure or answer for it
CHORUS:
C
Give me a pill to pop
I need a pharmacist
G
I need a surgeon for my mind
C
There's all these images and video footage
G
Stuck in rapid rewind
C
Give me a pill to pop
I need a pharmacist
G
I need a surgeon for my mind
C
There's all these images and video footage
G D
Stuck in rapid, rapid rewind
OUTRO:
Em - Em - Em - Bm