{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2455016,"song":"Winter Solstice","artist":"mewithoutYou","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11502161-winter-solstice-chords-by-mewithoutyou/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2455016?type=chord","rating":4.54071,"votes":13,"content":"Winter Solstice (alt. version)\r\n[untitled] ep\r\nmewithoutYou\r\nh/t u/alchemist64\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWinter solstice, the earth open wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwith a heart crushed like footsteps in snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n(((fictitious persons disclaimers implied[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nto all listening from rooftops below)))[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nit had rained and the air was like perfume outside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nas the sky changed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe began when the ground was still dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nplanting vineyards where vineyards don’t grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nshaping cypress with pitch on both sides[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nfor the nights when our trumpets won’t blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat regret still there circling like vultures inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nas your face changed?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey don’t stay inside.[/tab]\r\n(there but for Thy grace go I...)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthrough the eyes of machines we viewed immaculate scenes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthat had already passed me by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nall the stars on the ground, Noah’s ark in the clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nset sail in the flood of my mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nthe other animals drowned in blasphemous towns[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand asked as they passed me by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n“was to do as I please a European disease?”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWinter solstice, the earth open wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwith a mouth closed and face carved like stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\ndressed the dawn in the air drawn designs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nas the sounds rose in waveforms unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand you smile but your vampire complexion still shows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nso the past goes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAugust 3rd, all the earth had closed down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nso with breastplates of righteousness low[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsearched for streams in the caves underground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwhere the Baptists and bootleggers go[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhen the sun hits Deer Flat your reflection still shows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand your past shows.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt’s really all that shows[/tab]\r\n(so often unrecognizably so)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe gave up on our dreams for those projected on screens[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthat had already passed me by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwith further suffering found in our insufferable sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nand the thought in the back of my mind:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n“does my misery feed a metaphysical need[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthat’s long since passed me by,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nneither reasoning why[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nnor offering reply?”[/tab]","plain_text":"Winter Solstice (alt. version)\n[untitled] ep\nmewithoutYou\nh/t u/alchemist64\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(there but for Thy grace go I...)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(so often unrecognizably so)","chords":["F#m","E","A","G#m","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}