Bats
Paul DempseyVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
come rebuild your memory with a small mountain of burning leaves
and a swinging wire door that slams shut like a guillotine
strum a note up in the wires
to send bats down the river, seagulls around spires
and shred all the twilight, scatter it city-wide
those average angels
the drunken saints with heavy heads
they can keep dreaming,
dreaming of sleep down the end of the bed
but nobody's ever gonna break your heart again...
and the high-pitched, crooked thoughts
that ricocheted off the walls
she just set them down quiet, safe in her dresser drawer
she laid me out on the laundromat floor
and said you'll be not nearly who you were anymore
and i'll always be here to remind you what time is for
and those average angels
the drunken saints with heavy heads
you see their spirits are cowering under the table
and they're still counting,
counting the breaths under their breath
but nobody's ever...
nobody's ever gonna break your heart again...
Chords:
: x32010 : x02210 : 022010 : 133210 /: 2X0210 : 022000 : 133111 : 320033
Use your thumb for the bass notes in the F and Dsus/Fchords
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Readable chord sheet for Bats by Paul Dempsey
[C]come rebuild your [Am]memory with a small [C]mountain of burning [Am]leaves
and a [C]swinging wire door that [Em6]slams shut like a [F]guillotine
[C]strum a note up in the [Am]wires
to send [C]bats down the river, sea[Am]gulls around spires
and [C]shred all the twilight, [Em6]scatter it city-wide
[F]those average [Dsus2]angels[F#]
[F]the drunken saints with [Dsus2]heavy [F#]heads
they can keep [F]dreaming,
dreaming of [Em]sleep down the [Fm]end of the [C]bed
but [F]nobody's [Em]ever gonna [Fm]break your heart [C]again...
[C] [F] [C] [Am] [G]
[C]and the [Am]high-pitched, crooked thought[C]s
that [Am]ricocheted off the wall[C]s
she just [Em6]set them down quiet, [F]safe in her dresser drawer[C]
she laid [C]me out on the laundromat [Am]floor
and said you'll [C]be not nearly who you [Am]were anymore
and i'll [C]always be here to [Em6]remind you what time is for
[F]and those average [Dsus2]angels[F#]
[F]the drunken saints with heavy [Dsus2]heads [F#]
[F]you see their spirits are cowering under the [Dsus2]table [F#]
[F]and they're still counting,
counting the [Em]breaths [Fm]under their [C]breath
but [F]nobody's [Em]ever.[Fm].. [C]
[F]nobody's [Em]ever gonna [Fm]break your heart again[C]...
Chords:
[C]: x32010 [Am]: x02210 [Em6]: 022010 [F]: 133210 [Dsus2]/[F#]: 2X0210 [Em]: 022000 [Fm]: 133111 [G]: 320033
Use your thumb for the bass notes in the F and Dsus/F