Los Campesinos! – Cemetery Gaits (Guitar)

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[Intro] E Amaj7 x4 [Verse 1]

B
We lined up there, pale, stiff and cold

Like racks of bed and breakfast toast

Amaj7
So high up on the slate quarry

That you swore that you could see the coast

B
I thought I lost you in the dark

Only twenty-four feet apart

Amaj7
More stories tightrope on that stare

Than the same white line at Meurig Park

B
The dirt above, the stars below

I watched your face dry cold amid the afterglow A

B
And when they think of you and me

It's clear if you're the doormat, I'm the hickory A [Chorus]

Amaj7
Happenstance can wait for tomorrow

B
'Cause you got to do it right

A
Your shoulders flow from neck like a wine bottle's

E               G#m
Bear them broad tonight

Amaj7
You and I, we consecrate

B
My heart and all resolve might break

A
You'll know us by the way we crawl

E                              G#m
You'll know us by our cemetery gaits

[Verse 2]

B
Dawn comes, awoken by sheep's bleat

A fleet of hearses line the street

  Amaj7
A widow sobs, more widows weep

While we intrude like a widow's peak

  B
I shimmy up the cenotaph

Regale with my melancholy

     Amaj7
"Two words upon my headstone, please"

Don't need date or name, just "Sad Story" [Chorus]

Amaj7
Happenstance can wait for tomorrow

B
'Cause you got to do it right

A
Your shoulders flow from neck like a wine bottle's

E               G#m
Bear them broad tonight

Amaj7
You and I, we consecrate

B
My heart and all resolve might break

A
You'll know us by the way we crawl

E                              G#m
You'll know us by our cemetery gaits

[Bridge]

B
They boast of poets on their side

But what use will they be if this comes to a fight? I glance along the length of pew And all that I can think's I want to undress you F#m E F#m E G#m [Chorus]

Amaj7
Happenstance can wait for tomorrow

B
'Cause you got to do it right

A
Your shoulders flow from neck like a wine bottle's

E               G#m
Bear them broad tonight

Amaj7
You and I, we consecrate

B
My heart and all resolve might break

A
You'll know us by the way we crawl

E                              G#m
You'll know us by our cemetery gaits

Amaj7
Happenstance can wait for tomorrow

B
'Cause you got to do it right

A
Your shoulders flow from neck like a wine bottle's

E               G#m
Bear them broad tonight

Amaj7
You and I, we consecrate

B
My heart and all resolve might break

A
You'll know us by the way we crawl

E                              G#m
You'll know us by our cemetery gaits