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[Intro]
  C    G    Am    Fx2
[Verse]
TipCtoe past the graveyard
On Gour best behavior
We'rAme too you to die
Too Fgorgeous and way too high
Don'Ct dwell on the tragic
When Gweaving through traffic
They Amall fall in line
All Fpart of a grand design
Is Cthere nothing sacred?
You'rGe love your hatred
You're Amlife and your death
I'lFl love you till your last breath
[Chorus]
And Cwe've got Gall the time in the Amworld
To Fkill
And Cwe're jusGt empty vessels for thAme words
To Ffill
[Break]
C  G  Am  F
{Verse]
Well Cnow that we're sober
I'm Gcoming over
To Amyour side of town
I'vFe written everything down
I'm Cbringing my notebooks
I'm Gdigging in my hooks
My Ampage is on the floor
You're thFe one that I wrote it for
Not Cgetting my hopes up
I'Gm keeping my mouth shut
I Amdon't mind the wait
Oh Fwhat's one more day, when
[Chorus]
And Cwe've got Gall the time in the Amworld
To Fkill
And Cwe're jusGt empty vessels for thAme words
To Ffill
[Chorus 2]
Fill it up, fill it Cup
Fill it up, fill it Gup
Fill it up, fill it Amuh uh uh uh Fup
Fill it up, fill it Cup
Fill it up, fill it Gup
Fill it up, fill it Amuh uh uh uh Fup
[Bridge]
I can Dpull the levers, I can F#mgrind the gears
I can Dbring this contraption to F#mlife
Or we can Dcut the cables and F#mleave it all here
GDisappear into the Anight
[Break]
C  G  Am  F
[Verse]
When Cdaylight approaches
We Gwon't even notice
We'lAml crawl under the wire
In our Fformal attire
Well Cone thing is for sure
We Ggot we payed for
The Ampleasure and the pain
They are Fstarting to feel the same
With Cinfinite patience
We'lGl turn and we'll face this
You'lAml never be alone
Out Finto the great unknown
[Chorus]
And Cwe've got Gall the time in the Amworld
To Fkill
And Cwe're jusGt empty vessels for thAme words
To Ffill
[Chorus 2]
Fill it up, fill iCt up
Fill it up, fill it Gup
Fill it up, fill it Amuh uh uh uh Fup
Fill it up, fill it Cup
(And we've got)
Fill it up, fill it Gup
(all the time in the world)
Fill it up, fill it Amuh uh uh uh Fup
(to kill)
And Cwe're jusGt empty vessels for thAme words
To Ffill

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Empty Vessels

by DeVotchKa

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F#m

[Intro]

C G Am F

[Verse]

Tiptoe past the graveyard

On our best behavior

We're too you to die

Too gorgeous and way too high

Don't dwell on the tragic

When weaving through traffic

They all fall in line

All part of a grand design

Is there nothing sacred?

You're love your hatred

You're life and your death

I'll love you till your last breath

[Chorus]

C G Am

And we've got all the time in the world

To kill

C G Am

And we're just empty vessels for the words

To fill

[Break]

C G Am F

{Verse]

Well now that we're sober

I'm coming over

To your side of town

I've written everything down

I'm bringing my notebooks

I'm digging in my hooks

My page is on the floor

You're the one that I wrote it for

Not getting my hopes up

I'm keeping my mouth shut

I don't mind the wait

Oh what's one more day, when

[Chorus]

C G Am

And we've got all the time in the world

To kill

C G Am

And we're just empty vessels for the words

To fill

[Chorus 2]

Fill it up, fill it up

Am F

Fill it up, fill it uh uh uh uh up

Fill it up, fill it up

Am F

Fill it up, fill it uh uh uh uh up

[Bridge]

D F#m

I can pull the levers, I can grind the gears

D F#m

I can bring this contraption to life

D F#m

Or we can cut the cables and leave it all here

G A

Disappear into the night

[Break]

C G Am F

[Verse]

When daylight approaches

We won't even notice

We'll crawl under the wire

In our formal attire

Well one thing is for sure

We got we payed for

The pleasure and the pain

They are starting to feel the same

With infinite patience

We'll turn and we'll face this

You'll never be alone

Out into the great unknown

[Chorus]

C G Am

And we've got all the time in the world

To kill

C G Am

And we're just empty vessels for the words

To fill

[Chorus 2]

Fill it up, fill it up

Am F

Fill it up, fill it uh uh uh uh up

Fill it up, fill it up

(And we've got)

Fill it up, fill it up

(all the time in the world)

Am F

Fill it up, fill it uh uh uh uh up

(to kill)

C G Am

And we're just empty vessels for the words

To fill

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