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