"the center of the world"
by bright eyes from the album "fevers and mirrors"
transcribed by laura sharp (marmorealuna@hotmail.com)
G Bm Am C D Em OR Em B
E ---3----2----5----3----5----7------0----2---
B ---3----3----5----5----7----8------0----4---
G ---4----4----5----5----7----9------0----4---
D ---5----4----7----5----7----9------2----4---
A ---5----2----7----3----5----7------2----2---
E ---3----x----5----x----x----x------0----x---
G Bm Am
at the center of the world there is a statue of a girl
C D G
she is standing near a well with a bucket bare and dry
Bm Am
i went and looked her in the eyes and she turned me into sand
C D G
this clumsy form that i despise it scattered easy in her hand
Bm Am
it came to rest upon a beach with a million others there
C D
we sat and waited for the sea to stretch out so that we could
G
disappear
Bm Am
into the endlessness of blue into the horror of the truth
C D Em
see we are far less than we knew yeah we are far less than we knew
Em C
but we knew what we could taste
Em
girls found honey to drench our hands
B
the men cut marble to mark our graves
B G
said we'll need something to remind us of
B
all the sweetness that has passed through us
Em
the priests dressed children for a choir
B
but found no joy in what was sung
B C-C D D-G
the funeral had begun
G Bm Am
in the middle of the day when you drive home to your place
C
from that job that makes you sleep back to the
D G
thoughts that keep you awake
Bm Am
long after night has come to claim any light that still remains
C D G
in the corner of the frame that you put around her face
Bm
two pills just weren't enough
Am
the alarm clock's going off but you're not waking up
C D
this isnt happening happening happening happening happening
G
it is
vamp on G til end.