G7
F
C~E
F~A
G6
G7
Mamma said, lift your head from the sieve of your hands.
F
C~E
F~A
G6
G7
Mamma said eventually this hurting will end.
F
C~E
F~A
But the shockwaves on my bones will linger,
F~G~
Like the ghost of you here in my bed.
F
C~E
F~A
G6
G7
When I was lost you thought me a beautiful find.
F
C~E
F~A
G6
G7
Sometimes I think of you sleeping, so sleep for a while.
F
C~E
F~A
I find myself asking who’d do this to love,
G~B
C
And the white-shouldered mountains they pointed above.
F
C~E
F~A
G6
G7
Lord you just dropped me here by the side of this road.
F
C~E
F~A
G6
G7
Out here’s too cold and I don’t want to walk it alone.
F
C~E
F~A
I’ve got a bottle of your blood inside me,
G~B
C
And an old beggar’s prayer on the tip of my tongue.
F
Dm
F
Dm
oooooohoo oohooooooooo oohoooooo oooohoooo
Am
G
F
Dm
oohoooooo ooohooooooo oohoooooo ooooohoooo
F
Dm
C
ooohooooooooo ooooooooo oooooooooooooo
F
C~E
F~A
G6
G7
Mamma said, lift your head from the sieve of your hands.
F
C~E
F~A
G6
Mamma said eventually this hurting will end…
Dm
F~A
Am
C~E
G6
G~B
C
F
G
F~G~
G7
