Tabs
(Capo on 3rd fret)
G C
Hot breath, rough skin, warm laughs and smiling,
Em D
the loveliest words whispered and meant -
C
you like all these things.
D G
But, though you like all these things, you love a stone.
C D Am
You love a stone, because it's smooth and it's cold.
Em D C
And you'd love most to be told that it's all your own.
G D
You love white veins, you love hard grey,
Am C
the heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape,
Em D
the earthiest smell, the hollowest tone -
C
you love a stone.
G D Am C
G
And I'm found too fast, called too fond of flames,
C
and then I'm phoning my friends, and then I'm shouldering the blame,
Em D C
while you're picking pebbles out of the drain, miles ago.
G
You're out singing songs, and I'm down shouting names
C
at the flickerless screen, going fucking insane.
Em D
Am I losing my cool, overstating my case?
C D
Well, baby, what can I say? You know I never claimed
G C
that I was a stone. And you love a stone.
G D
You love white veins, you love hard grey,
Am C
the heaviest weight, the clumsiest shape,
Em D
the earthiest smell, the hollowest tone -
C
you love a stone.
G D Am C
G D Am C
G
C D Am
You love a stone, because it's dark, and it's old,
Em D C
and if it could start being alive you'd stop living alone.
G D
And I think I believe that, if stones could dream,
Am C
they'd dream of being laid side-by-side, piece-by-piece,
Em D C
and turned into a castle or some towering queen they're unable to know.
G D
And when that queen's daughter came of age,
Am C
I think she'd be lovely and stubborn and brave,
Em D
and suitors would journey from kingdoms away
C
to make themselves known.
G D
And I think that I know the bitter dismay
Am C
of a lover who brought fresh bouquets every day
Em D
when she turned him away to remember some knave
C G
who oncegave just one rose, one day, years ago.
D Am C
G D Am C
G D Am C
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