This is how I play it. Based on Billy Howerdel's demo version.
You can easily transpose this to be played like Am, C, F, G instead.
Em G C D Em G C D
Metaphor for a missing moment
Em G C D Em G C D
Pull me in to your perfect circle
Em G C D Em G C D
One womb, One shame, One resolve
Em G C D Em G C
Liberate this will to release us all
D Em G C
Gotta cut away, clear away, snip away and sever this
Dm G C
Umbilical residue, keeping me from killing you
Em G C
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/a_perfect_circle/orestes_crd_ver_5.html ]
D Em G C D
And from pulling you down with me here,
Em G C
D Em G C D
I can almost hear you scream
Em F
Em G C
Give me one more medicated peaceful moment
Em G C
Give me one more medicated peaceful moment
Em G C
And I don't wanna feel this overwhelming hostility
Em G C
And I don't wanna feel this overwhelming hostility
Gotta cut away, clear away
Snip away and sever this
Umbilical residue
Gotta cut away, clear away
Snip away and sever this
Umbilical residue,
Keeping me from killing you
Snip away and sever this
C Em
Keeping me from killing you
