Holy Branches Chords

Capo: 1st fret
Original Key: Fm

Intro: 
Em G D A
              Em
When you were young
                G
You'd bite your tongue
D                              A
Calm, always did what you were told
               Em
Never ran your mouth
              G
Lived life on tiptoes
D                     A
Only felt peace if by yourself
                    C
When mistakes don't count
          Em            D
There's a hole in your chest
                            C
From the time that you were born
                   C
One that don't get filled
                     Em          
'cause you've always known you're 
               D    /Dsus4/D/Dsus4
nothin' they want
 
Refrain:
                Em            A     C
But everybody's bones are just holy branches
          D                              Em
Cast from trees to cut patterns into the world
       A                 C
And in time we find some shelter
          D                            C
Spill our leaves and then sleep in the Earth
               C
And when we're there we'll belong
           D                                 Em
'cause the Earth don't give a damn if you're lost
 
Em, G, D, A    x2
ooo..ooo..ooo
 
Em         G
Now I live alone
D                    A
Working the belly of machines
                    Em
Wring my soot-black hands
                  G
And I don't sleep much
D
Days don't feel different
         A
From the nights
                 C
With no goals in mind
 
          Em          D
There's a hole in my chest
                       C
From the time I walked away
                C
One I fill with sweat
         Em                     D   /Dsus4/D/Dsus4
So now I know I'm nothin' they want
 
 
Refrain:
                Em             A     C
But everybody's bones are just holy branches
          D                              Em
Ride the breeze to cut patterns in the leaves
       A                 C
And in time we find some shelter
          D                            C
Spill our seeds and then wait for our turns
        Em           G                  D
But for now we're adrift on the waves of discontent
                    C
Trying to carve our place
       Em                           D
All in hopes we'll be something they want
                       Em
But I'm not holding my breath
 
Em, G, D, Am    x2
ooo..ooo..ooo
 
 
 
A          C               A
Trace your fingers down my spine
A         C              A
Make your home behind my eyes
A       C                   A
Line my skull with harmless lies
             C              D              Em
I'll bide my time until I'm something they want