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[Intro]
Bm(steDp dGown DfF#mor just one beat every time)
[Verse 1]
You've been Bmliving awhile in the Dfront of my skull
Making GordersD  F#m  
You've been Bmwriting me rules, sDhrinking maps
And redrawing GbordersD  F#m  
I've been rBmepeating your speeches
But the aDudience just doesn't GfollowD  F#m  
Because I'm Bmleaving out words, punctuDation
And it sounds pretty GhollowD  F#m  
I've been lBmiving in bed beDcause now
You tell me to slGeepD  F#m  
I've been Bmhiding my voice and my Dface
And you decide when I GeatD  F#m  
In your dBmreams I'm a criminal
HDorrible, sleeping GaroundD  F#m  
While you're aBmwake I'm impossible
DConstantly letting you GdownD  F#m  
[Verse 2]
Little pBmorcelain figurines
Glass Dbullets you shoot at the GwallD  F#m  
Threats of Bmcastration for crimes
You Dimagine when I miss your GcallD  F#m  
With the Bmbite of the teeth of that Dring on my finger
I'm Gbound to your bedside, your Deulogy F#msinger
I'd Bmhappily take all those bDullets inside you
And Gput them inside of mysDelfF#m  
[Interlude]
Em D Bm A
[Verse 3]
EmSomeone, oh aDnyone
TBmell me how to sAtop this
She's scEmreaming, exDpiring
And IBm'm her only wAitness
I'm fEmreezing, infDected
And rBmigid in that rAoom inside her
No oEmne's gonna coDme as long as BmI lay still in Abed beside her

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Atrophy

by The Antlers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

[Intro]

Bm D G D F#m

(step down for just one beat every time)

[Verse 1]

Bm D

You've been living awhile in the front of my skull

G D F#m

Making orders

Bm D

You've been writing me rules, shrinking maps

G D F#m

And redrawing borders

I've been repeating your speeches

D G D F#m

But the audience just doesn't follow

Bm D

Because I'm leaving out words, punctuation

G D F#m

And it sounds pretty hollow

Bm D

I've been living in bed because now

G D F#m

You tell me to sleep

Bm D

I've been hiding my voice and my face

G D F#m

And you decide when I eat

In your dreams I'm a criminal

D G D F#m

Horrible, sleeping around

While you're awake I'm impossible

D G D F#m

Constantly letting you down

[Verse 2]

Little porcelain figurines

D G D F#m

Glass bullets you shoot at the wall

Threats of castration for crimes

D G D F#m

You imagine when I miss your call

Bm D

With the bite of the teeth of that ring on my finger

G D F#m

I'm bound to your bedside, your eulogy singer

Bm D

I'd happily take all those bullets inside you

G D F#m

And put them inside of myself

[Interlude]

Em D Bm A

[Verse 3]

Em D

Someone, oh anyone

Bm A

Tell me how to stop this

Em D

She's screaming, expiring

Bm A

And I'm her only witness

Em D

I'm freezing, infected

Bm A

And rigid in that room inside her

Em D Bm A

No one's gonna come as long as I lay still in bed beside her

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