A fairly simple song with only two different sequences. In addition to the rhythm
guitar, there's a mandolin and an electric guitar in the later bridging section.
Capo 2 (all fingerings relative to capo)
Chords:
G: 320033
D: XX0232 (or 554030 works well for the bridge)
Em: 022000
C: 332010
Bar chords used for bridge before verse 10:
C: X35553
D: X57775
Em: X79987
Chords
Intro: G D Em x 2
Verse 1:
G D Em
One year closer to my death
G D Em
I haven't found what I'm looking for yet
G D Em
It ain't big blue eyes and long blonde hair
G D Em
It ain't a million dollars or a secret prayer
Verse 2 (chords as before):
Ya see, my corpse was born inside of me
Sometimes I carry him, sometimes he carries me
And we ride this desert foreign land
When my prayers don't work I use my hands
Bridging section: C D Em
Verse 3 :
There's a monster in my dreams
With ruby eyes she calls to me
And the demons circle round her throne
beside the princes she has turned to stone
Verse 4:
She can take your brain but not your blood
She can bury your bones but not your love
Still, I keep practicing my aim
Persius is my name
Bridge:
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C D Em
Time is not the enemy
C D Em
I am, I think
C D Em
But if I can't find the rhythm, if I can't find a cure
C D Em
By God I'm gonna break these walls and shake these floors
Verse 5:
If I come I come to raise the dead
Even with all these demons in my head
And if you've come to raise them too
If you wait for me, I'll wait for you
Verse 6:
My grandpa asked me to plant a tree
So I burned down the forrest while he was asleep
He awoke with not a tree in sight,
Said "now maybe son you can plant one right
Verse 7:
Don't be afraid of the blood and gore
Don't be afraid of the devil on the threshing floor
'Cause there's a power in your bones that outconsumes
War and Sex and God and You"
Bridge:
Time is not the enemy
I am, I think
But if I can't find the rhythm
If I can't find a cure
By God I'm gonna break these walls and shake these floors
Verse 8:
If I come I come to raise the dead
Even with all these demons in my head
And if you've come to raise them too
If you wait for me I'll wait for you
Verse 9:
Guts of gold and wings of steel
A loaded gun and a pocket mirror
And if you make it out alive
You better hold that bloody head up high
Bridging section: C D Em (the arpeggio is done on the bar chords)*
Verse 10:
My dad was born in '58
His dad was born in '29
His dad was born in 1895
His name was Persius- the same as mine
The verse chords are played to the end.
Comments/corrections welcome.
Tabbed by Floor Demon
