Los Campesinos! – The Coin-Op Guillotine (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm G D D Bm G D D Bm G D A Bm G D D [Verse 1]
Bm                   G            D
Hypnic jerk, and I'm woken from a dream

        Bm                      G              D
We were pooling pennies for the coin-op guillotine

                   Bm                G
They gotta give us bread but give us roses,

   D
or lifeless he reposes

     Bm                   G             D
In a puddle of blood by a deadly blade agleam

     Bm                          G         D
Your eyes glazed over while you sat unlistening

              Bm
You said your head's on fire

     G               D
and every thought is kindling

        Bm             G
A tired life is a wild ride

        D                  A
for the saddest boy on the waterslide

         Bm               G
Whеn the breadcrumbs only lead

                D
to whеre you've been
[Verse 2]
        D/F#                     G
But the last thing said while we lay in bed

           Bm              A
Is that "I love when you invoke my death"

         D/F#              G                  D
When the grey gauze mist descends on me like sleep

   D/F#                  G
So how does it seem like I've been coping?

   Bm                    A
My brain is fried and my spirit's broken

D/F#             Em           D     A
Working for the coin-op guillotine
[Refrain]
Em
If you've got a cross to bear

Bm                 G             D
Call my name, I'll see you there
[Verse 3]
  Bm                 G
A three beer buzz or bust these days,

D
hungover international break

Bm                  G
Time slides glacier slow,

        D
and the gallows concrete will hit like a pillow

Bm
House a white whale,

G                D                A
all of your exes ache within your solar plexus

Bm                   G
Heart erupts and the pavement splatters

  D
I think I'm right, I don't think it matters
[Chorus]
    D/F#            G
Two sounds collide upon the breeze

Bm              A
Sunday service, Sunday league

     D/F#              G            D      A
From either side there comes unholy scream

D/F#               G
How's it look like I've been dealing?

Bm                     A
Ten-tonne truck struck full of feelings

D/F#             Em           D     A
Longing for the coin-op guillotine
[Refrain]
Em
If you've got a cross to bear

Bm              G               D
Tell me what it costs in prayer

Bm                 G             D
Call my name, I'll see you there

            Bm              G
We've gotta pool all of our pennies

  D
Between us we have plenty

Bm                 G             D
Call my name, I'll see you there