Editors – Bricks And Mortar (Guitar)

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ORDER: I V1 V2 C INT1 B C INT2 O [INTRO] n.c. | | | | C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | (synth) C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | C | C C Bm | Em | | C/G | | G | | [VERSE 1]
C/G                               G
    No one understands

C/G                               G
    the way you found your God

C                       Bm        Em  C/G | | G | |
    there's a bullet in your hand...

C/G                           G
    Give a dog a bone

C/G                           G
    he'll eat for the day

C                     Bm      Em      C/G | | G | |
    but teach him how to kill,  then...
[VERSE 2]
C/G                          G
    I am the coast defense,

C/G                          G
    I am the city wall,

C                   Bm       Em            C/G | | G | |
    stealing pounds and pence  from you all...

C/G                               G
    Still no one understands

C/G                               G
    the way you found your God,

C                       Bm        Em  C/G | | G | |
    there's a bullet in your hands...
[CHORUS]
Cadd9      G    Em7          D
Pour salt water on the wound,

Cadd9      G    Em7         D
Pour salt water on the wound,

         C       G           Em7        D
this home is more than Bricks   and Mor - tar,

Cadd9      G    Em7          D
Pour salt water on the wound
[INTERLUDE 1]
C | | Cmaj7 | |
      Ah....
C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | (synth) C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | C | C C Bm | Em | | C/G | | G | | [BRIDGE]
Gsus4
    When the boy's older

Gsus4
    He'll have the arms of a soldier,

Gsus4
    those arms will never hold her again.

C/G
    It's just like I told you

C/G
    when the boy's older,

G                                    G
    he's gonna be a soldier for them!
[CHORUS]
Cadd9      G    Em7          D
Pour salt water on the wound,

Cadd9      G    Em7          D
Pour salt water on the wound,

         C       G           Em7        D
this home is more than Bricks   and Mor - tar,

Cadd9      G    Em7          D
Pour salt water on the wound
[INTERLUDE 2] C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | [OUTRO]
  C/G                       G
I hope life is good for you.

  C/G                       G
I hope life is good for you.

      C/G                       G
Now I hope life is good for you,

  C/G                       G
I hope life is good for you, ahh...
C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | C/G | | G | | G