Hot Coals
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
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Tom : Em
Bm E
Hot coals laying on my motorcade
Bm E
Jewelry gone, eyes still blue
D Am
Thin memories in love with you,
C G
My hoary fire in love with you.
E
Get the fuck out my sight.
[Chourus]
Bm
Cold eats the flesh of broken hearts
Bm
tender the strike of tinder gods.
E
Hot coals.
Bm
Embers across a rayless sky
Bm
still warm my soul, I often cry.
E
Hot coals.
[Verse 2]
D Am
Slag reveries in love with you
C G
My hoary fire, in love with you.
E
Stay the fuck in my heart.
Bm E
Ahip, ahip, ahip, aham
Bm E
Ahip, ahip, ahip, aham
G D E
Hot coals tonight, Cimmerian.
G D E
Hot coals to die, Cimmerian.
[Instrumental]
Abm B Gb Abm B Gb Abm Bm E Bm E
[Verse 3]
Bm
Heavy the tongue of tinder ray
Bm
shot by the road, a slow decay.
E
Hot coals.
Bm
Heady, the musk of cinder love
Bm
ashes beneath her tender rug.
E
Hot coals.
[Verse 4]
D Am
Slag reveries in love with you
C G
my hoary fire, drip from the skies.
E
Stay the fuck in my heart.
G D E
Hot coals to die, Cimmerian.
G D E
Hot coals alive, Cimmerian.
[Instrumental]
Abm B Gb Abm B Gb Abm B Gb Abm
[Outro]
Abm B
Freedom of
Gb Abm
the dying man is God.
Abm B
Freedom of
Gb Abm
the dying man is God.
Abm B Gb Abm B Gb Abm
(mmmmmhhhmmmm)
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