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Porcelain

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Key: C, F  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
 Am- x02210
 C-  x32010
 Dm- xx0231
 Bb- x13331
 D-  xx0232
Intro: Dm-- x8
Verse 1:
  AmCity of Cblue Dmtile
  AmFigure Cin CeDmramics
  AmWhere Cwe reach Dmout
  AmGrab for CPorce-
Chorus 1:
-Dmlain But Amit's Bbtoo fragilDme to hold
And it Amshatters Bbin our Dmhands
In time the Amseasons will 
Bbseal these Dmshards
Into the sAmlits that 
deBbnote your Dmwrists
Death is the Bbanswer
To calcuAmlations composed
of Bbmotions that are the Dmsame
And secret and difBbferent
A missing Amalphabet 
with a Bbmessage for us
Verse 2:
When Dmpeople die
(DIE,DIE!)
They take a Ampiece 
of Cus with Dmthem
(PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!)
And holes in Amclouds 
are Bbminutes Dmpassing
(DIE AND DIE!)
Rescind this Amline
and Cseveral Dmties
(PEOPLE DIE AND 
DIE EVERYDAY!)
The skyline unAmfolds 
into Cexpla-
Chorus 2:
-naDmtion That sometimes 
Bbwords give up
And Amsilently walk off the 
Bbedge the edge of the page
And Dmhere the cry opens Bbup 
reveals the Amword inside
The Bbcrack in the porceDmlain
The Bbcrack in the porAmcelain
                    Bb  Dm(hold)
The crack in the porcelain
Interlude: Bb--Dm--
Bridge:
The Bbsilent line of
sDmkylit eyes show
The Bbsilent line of
sDmkylit eyes show
The Bbsilent line of
sDmkylit eyes show
The Bbsilent line of
sDmkylit eyes show
D--
Outro:
-DmnationBb  
explanaDmtionBb  
Try and Bblive
Try and Dmlive
Try and Bblive
Try and Bblive
Try and Dmlive
Try and Bblive
Try and Bblive
Try and Dmlive
        Bb    Dm---(hold)
Try and live

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Porcelain

by Thursday

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C F

Key: ,

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

- x02210

- x32010

- xx0231

- x13331

- 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

In time the seasons will

Bb Dm

seal these shards

Into the slits that

Bb Dm

denote your wrists

Death is the answer

To calculations composed

Bb Dm

of motions that are the same

And secret and different

A missing alphabet

with a message for us

Verse 2:

When people die

(DIE,DIE!)

They take a piece

C Dm

of us with them

(PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!)

And holes in clouds

Bb Dm

are minutes passing

(DIE AND DIE!)

Rescind this line

C Dm

and several ties

(PEOPLE DIE AND

DIE EVERYDAY!)

The skyline unfolds

into expla-

Chorus 2:

-nation That sometimes

words give up

And silently walk off the

edge the edge of the page

Dm Bb

And here the cry opens up

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:

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

The silent line of

skylit eyes show

D--

Outro:

Dm Bb

-nation

Dm Bb

explanation

Try and live

Bb Dm---(hold)

Try and live

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