Poison Chords

POISON
As recorded by Sierra Hull
(From the 2020 Album 25 TRIPS)
 
 
 
[Intro]
Em
 
 
[Chorus]
Em
Poison
        G         B
You are poison to me
Em           G
O true apothecary
G
Stole my sanctuary
C
Kissed my creation
          B       Em
With your lips of poison
     C                       A
Your drugs are quick, but my mind is quicker
       D                        B
Thus I won’t let it die, but it might get sicker
        Em
By your poison
 
 
[Interlude]
G  B7  Em  G  C  B7
 
 
[Violin Solo]
Em   G  B7  Em  G
C  B Em
 
 
[Verse 1]
        B                               C     Em
Dear William did not write this story’s death
       B                                    C  B
So you cannot steal the honey from my breathe
 
 
[Chorus]
             Em
Oh with your poison
        G         B
You are poison to me
  Em
O true apothecary
G
Stole my sanctuary
C
Kissed my creation
          B       Em
With your lips of poison
     C                       A
Your drugs are quick, but my mind is quicker
       D                 
Thus I won’t let it die, 
       B                        Em
but it might get sicker by your poison
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
Em   G  B7  Em  G   C  B Em
G  B7  Em  G  C  B Em
 
 
[Verse 2]
B                            C
I thought your elixir was my friend
Em         B7                          C   B
But it was just a toxic mixture in the end
 
 
[Chorus]
          Em
If you're poison
                  B
You are poison to me
  Em
O true apothecary
G
Stole my sanctuary
C
Kissed my creation
          B
With your lips of
 
 
[Violin Solo]
C  A  D  B  C  Am
D  B
 
 
[Chorus]
C                       Am
Drugs are quick, but my mind is quicker
       D                        B
Thus I won’t let it die, but it might get sicker
        Em
By your poison
Em
O true apothecary
G
Stole my sanctuary
C
Kissed my creation
          B
With your lips of
Em
Poison