Thursday
Porcelain
Waiting
1999
Submitted by: paramore_Fans@yahoo.com
Key: C, F
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Am - x02210
C - x32010
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
D - xx0232
Intro: Dm-- x8
Verse 1:
Am C Dm
City of blue tile
Am C Dm
Figure in Ceramics
Am C Dm
Where we reach out
Am C
Grab for Porce-
Chorus 1:
Dm Am Bb Dm
-lain But it's too fragile to hold
Am Bb Dm
And it shatters in our hands
Am
In time the seasons will
Bb Dm
seal these shards
Am
Into the slits that
Bb Dm
denote your wrists
Bb
Death is the answer
Am
To calculations composed
Bb Dm
of motions that are the same
Bb
And secret and different
Am
A missing alphabet
Bb
with a message for us
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Verse 2:
Dm
When people die
(DIE,DIE!)
Am
They take a piece
C Dm
of us with them
(PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!)
Am
And holes in clouds
Bb Dm
are minutes passing
(DIE AND DIE!)
Am
Rescind this line
C Dm
and several ties
(PEOPLE DIE AND
DIE EVERYDAY!)
Am
The skyline unfolds
C
into expla-
Chorus 2:
Dm
-nation That sometimes
Bb
words give up
Am
And silently walk off the
Bb
edge the edge of the page
Dm Bb
And here the cry opens up
Am
reveals the word inside
Bb Dm
The crack in the porcelain
Bb Am
The crack in the porcelain
Bb Dm(hold)
The crack in the porcelain
Interlude: Bb--Dm--
Bridge:
Bb
The silent line of
Dm
skylit eyes show
Bb
The silent line of
Dm
skylit eyes show
Bb
The silent line of
Dm
skylit eyes show
Bb
The silent line of
Dm
skylit eyes show
(Repeat)
D--
Sing in Backup:
Death up there shine
more brightly than
lives down here
Try and live
(Repeat Verse 2)
Outro:
Dm Bb
-nation
Dm Bb
explanation
Bb
Try and live
Dm
Try and live
Bb
Try and live
Bb
Try and live
Dm
Try and live
Bb
Try and live
Bb
Try and live
Dm
Try and live
Bb Dm---(hold)
Try and live, live
Try and live
Try and live
