Brutal Romance

	  		


Key: A |  


Intro: Em  A2  Em    Em  Esus4/C  Em     G  Esus4/C  Em     Em  A  Em  


Em 
All shapes and colours 
           A2 
Rolled and stained in aging hands 
Em 
Sculpted explosions, histories unfold 
Em                          Esus4/C 
Our Jackson Pollocked earth turns 
         Em 
A silent witness 


G 
Lonely as silent 
Esus4/C               Em 
Poets bequeath best attempts 
  D                 Cmaj7 
Romanticising the brutality 
       A2            Em 
Of the ages and of us 
      Emadd9 
Avarice and lust 


Cmaj7                                   Em 
    Love and death, and death and love 
D 
Brutal romance 
Cmaj7                                      Em 
    The silver thread, the sharpened knife 
  D 
A spinning slow-dance 
Cmaj7         D 
    I can't remember before 
Em                   G/B             Cmaj7 
Warmth in the veins, lead in the core 
D            Em 
Brutal romance 


Em                   A2 
You're dripping with gold 
             Em 
Mine is more interior 
Em       Esus4/C  Em 
Yours is sinking  you 
Em               
Men at attention 
Esus4/C        Em 
Devouring a drowning fleet 
D             Cmaj7   A2   Em   Emadd9 
Epaulettes of charm 


Cmaj7                                   Em 
    Love and death, and death and love 
D 
Brutal romance 
Cmaj7                                      Em 
    The silver thread, the sharpened knife 
     D 
In a spinning slow-dance 
Cmaj7         D 
    I can't remember before 
Em                   G/B              Cmaj7 
Breath in the lungs, blood on the door 
B             Em 
Brutal romance 


Instrumental (x4): Em  G  D  C 


      Em      G 
And I want to sing 
     D             C 
Over them and into them 
     Em    G    D    C 
What can't be unsung 
      Em      G 
And I want to sing          
     D            C 
Over you and into you 
     Em    G    D    C 
What can't be unsung 
(x2) 


Cmaj7                                   Em 
    Love and death, and death and love 
D 
Brutal romance 
Cmaj7                                      Em 
    The silver thread, the sharpened knife 
  D 
A spinning slow-dance 
Cmaj7         D 
    I can't remember before 
Em                 G/B            Cmaj7 
Washing of wounds, won inner wars 
B             A     Cmaj7 
Brutal romance 
B             A     Cmaj7 
Brutal romance 
B             Em 
Brutal romance