The Weeks

Thief In My Mouth

The Weeks


Tom: Em

Intro: Em C (4x)
Em         C     Em
Dust on my palms
         C                   Em
He would never be whole again
           C     Em
Verses and psalms
             C                Em
In a book of better/bitter men
             C      Em
Cracks on my tounge
               C                  Em
From all these lies and spoken sins
             C   Em
This war was won
             C                    Em
Long before light even touched my skin
D                       C
Oh if I'd stay we could never get in again
D                               C
Blistered and stained, oh and a hell among a mix of friends
Em             C   Em
This skin of a God
            C                    Em
Chisels and cracks on a perfect face
                C   Em
Something feels odd
               C             Em
Burning cooled flesh of castaway
                C   Em
Tounges made of ash
        C                          Em
Felt by mouths and was bitten black
          C   Em
Safely we ask
             C                        Em
And tell me oh God should I look back?
D                       C
Oh If I'd stay we could never get in again
D                               C
Blistered and stained, Oh and a hell among a mix of friends
G                           Em
Cause I'm in a world no one breathes safe or easy
Bm       - Bbm - Am             Em   
We breath or we die for what we have
G                         Em     
I am a man, my heart will beat regardless
Bm    - Bbm - Am              Em    C    
Thief in my mouth to steal my brains
Em C (4x)
Em           C    Em
Lengthen the days
               C                        Em
Break all the clocks there's no use for time
                    C    Em
Dress/trust made of lace
                 C                     Em         
Tied around the tree soaked in turpentine
        C    Em
Casting hands
           C                     Em
Whispering thoughts of a working man
                  C    Em
These hands don't shake
                  C                       Em
And hold up these walls just the best we can
D                       C
Oh If I'd stay we could never get in again
D                               C
Blistered and stained, Oh and a hell among a mix of friends
G                           Em
Cause I'm in a world no one breathes safe or easy
Bm       - Bbm - Am             Em   
We breath or we die for what we have
G                         Em     
I am a man, my heart will beat regardless
Bm    - Bbm - Am              Em        
Thief in my mouth to steal my brains
G                           Em
Cause I'm in a world no one breathes safe or easy
Bm       - Bbm - Am             Em   
We breath or we die for what we have
G                         Em     
I am a man, my heart will beat regardless
Bm    - Bbm - Am              Em    C    
Thief in my mouth to steal my brains

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