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Melt!
Album: A Kiss In The Dream House
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
(Each note is strummed super fast. Listen to the song to get it right.)
*You'll need a 24-fret neck to play this*
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[Verse 1]
Em"You are the melting man"
C"You are the situation"
Em"There is no time to breathe"
C"And yet one single breath"
[Second part of verse]
"Leads to an insatiable desire of suicide, in sex".
End on Em
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[Verse 2]
Em"So many blazing orchids"
C"Burning in your throat"
Em"Making you choke"
"Sigh in tiny deaths".
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[Chorus]
"So melt!, my lover, melt!, she said melt!, my lover, melt!"
End on Em
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[Verse 3]
Em"You are the melting man"
C"And as you melt"
Em"You are beheaded"
C"Handcuffed"
"In lace and blood and sperm, swimming in poison, gasping in the fragrance, sweat carves,a screenplay of
discipline, and devotion".
End on Em
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[Chorus]
"So melt!, my lover, melt!, she said melt!, my lover, melt!"
End on Em
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[Verse 4]
"Can you see, see into the back"
(Each note is strummed super fast. Listen to the song to get it right.)
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Em"Of a long, black car"
C"Pulling away"
"From the funeral of flowers, with my hand between your legs, melting".
End on Em
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[Verse 5]
C"She said melt"
Em"My lover melt"
"She said"
"Melt, my lover melt!".
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"So melt, my lover melt, she said".
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"Melt, my lover melt!".
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[Outro] [2:57 – 3:48]
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Melt
by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Chords in this song · guitar
Em
C
Melt!
Album: A Kiss In The Dream House
Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
(Each note is strummed super fast. Listen to the song to get it right.)
*You'll need a 24-fret neck to play this*
e|––12–14–15––23–22–23–19–20–––|
B|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
G|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
D|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
A|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––|
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[Verse 1]
Em
"You are the melting man"
C
"You are the situation"
Em
"There is no time to breathe"
C
"And yet one single breath"
[Second part of verse]
"Leads to an insatiable desire of suicide, in sex".
End on Em
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A|–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––10––––––––––––––––––|–––––2––––––|
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[Verse 2]
Em
"So many blazing orchids"
C
"Burning in your throat"
Em
"Making you choke"
"Sigh in tiny deaths".
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[Chorus]
"So melt!, my lover, melt!, she said melt!, my lover, melt!"
End on Em
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[Verse 3]
Em
"You are the melting man"
C
"And as you melt"
Em
"You are beheaded"
C
"Handcuffed"
"In lace and blood and sperm, swimming in poison, gasping in the fragrance, sweat carves,a screenplay of
discipline, and devotion".
End on Em
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[Chorus]
"So melt!, my lover, melt!, she said melt!, my lover, melt!"
End on Em
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[Verse 4]
"Can you see, see into the back"
(Each note is strummed super fast. Listen to the song to get it right.)
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Em
"Of a long, black car"
C
"Pulling away"
"From the funeral of flowers, with my hand between your legs, melting".
End on Em
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[Verse 5]
C
"She said melt"
Em
"My lover melt"
"She said"
"Melt, my lover melt!".
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"So melt, my lover melt, she said".
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"Melt, my lover melt!".
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[Outro] [2:57 – 3:48]
Play this for the rest of the song:
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