[Intro]
Gm F C
Gm F C
Gm F C
Gm F C
[Verse 1]
Gm F C Gm F C
I was just bony hands as cold as a winter pole
Gm F C Gm F C
you held a warm stone out new flowing blood to hold
Gm F C Gm F C
oh what a contrast you were to the brutes in the halls
Gm F C Gm F C
my timid young fingers held a decent animal
[Chorus]
Bb F
Over the ramparts you tossed
Bb F
the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers
Bb F Ab
tied to a brick sweet as a song
Eb F
the years have been short but the days were long
[Verse 2]
Gm F C Gm F C
Cool of a temperate breeze from dark skies to wet grass
Gm F C Gm F C
we fell in a field it seems now a thousand summers passed
Gm F C Gm F C
when our kite lines first crossed we tied them into knots
Gm F C Gm F C
and to finally fly apart we had to cut them off
[Chorus]
Bb F
Since then it's been a book
Bb
you read in reverse
F
so you understand less as the pages turn
Bb F Ab
or a movie so crass and awkwardly cast
Eb Bb
that even I could be the star
[Bridge]
Eb F Ab Bb
I don't look back much as a rule
Eb F Ab Bb
and all this way before murder is cool
Eb F Bb Eb
but your memory is here and I'd like you to stay
F
a warm light on a winter's day
[Instrumental]
Gm F C
Gm F C
Gm F C
Gm F C
Gm F C
Gm F C
[Chorus]
Bb F
Over the ramparts you tossed
Bb F
the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers
Bb F Ab
tied to a brick sweet as a song
Eb Ab
the years have been short but the days go slowly by
Eb
two loose kites falling from the sky
Ab Eb F
drawn to the ground and an end to flight
Tags: easy guitar chords, song lyrics, The Shins
