Bright Eyes – Hot Knives (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

[Intro] G G G C x 4 [Verse]
     G      G         G      C         G     G     G   C
The Wife forgave the Mistress for she only entertained

     G         G         G   C       G          G         G          C
The pain was gone the instant she cleared her throat to speak her name

        Em                              C                          
Said, "Both of us must suffer from the same unending ache"
[Instrumental] G G G C x2 [Verse]
      G        G        G    C            G       G      G   C
The world was not of interest though her days were never dull

     G     G        G    C      G        G        G    C
Her bed beneath a crucifix on guests performing miracles

         Em                               C              G G G C x2
With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal

      Am            C                       G G G C x2          
When I do wrong I am with God, she thought

      Am           C              G G G C x2
When I feel lost I am not at all
[Chorus]
            Bm
So give me Black Light (Give Give me)

            C
So give me Hot Knives (Deep Clean sleep)

       Am                 D
On a dance floor no one tells time (There is no time)
[Verse]
        Am                    C                       G G G C x2
Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?

        Am               C                        G G G C x2
I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up

      G      G     G    C          G    G        G  C
She went to see a Mystic who made medicine from rain

      G      G      G    C          G       G         G          C
And gave up her existence to feel everything, dream others' dreams

       Em                        C                 G G G C x2
Bid farewell to her family with one ecstatic wave (Please take care I love you all)

          Am           C               G G G C x2
Out the window as the car rolled away

          Am               C                   G G G C x2
She just vanished into a thick mist of change
[Chorus]
            Bm
So let us rejoice (Let's Rejoice!)

              C
In all this Pink Noise (Out Pink Noise!)

         Am                 D
An oscillation that we can pin point (We're right here!)
Am C x5 Am C D [End] G