A Stone Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Hot breath, rough skin
[D]Warm [C]laughs and smiling
The loveliest [Em]words whispered and [D]meant
You [C]like all these things

[Verse 2]
[C]
But, though you [D]like all these things
You love [G]a stone
You love a [C]stone
Because it's [D]smooth
And [Am]it's cold

[Verse 3]
And you'd love [Em]most to [D]be told
That it's all [C]your own

[Verse 4]
You love white [G]veins,
you [Dsus4]love hard grey[D]
The heav[Em]iest [Am]weight,
the clum[C]siest shape
The earth[Em]iest smell, the hollowest [D]tone
You love [C]a stone

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
And I'm found too [G]fast,
called too fond of flames
And then I'm phoning [C]my friends
And then I'm shouldering the blame
While you're picking [Em]pebbles out of the [D]drain,
miles ago
[C][Am]

[Verse 6]
[C]
You're out singing [G]songs,
and I'm down shouting names
At the flicker[C]less screen,
going fucking insane
Am I losing my [Em]cool,
overstating my [D]case?
Well, baby, [C]what can I say?

[Verse 7]
You know I [D]never claimed
that I was a [G]stone
And you love a [C]stone

[Verse 8]
You love white [G]veins,
you love hard [D]grey
The heaviest [Am]weight, the clumsiest [C]shape
The earth[Em]iest smell, the hollowest [D]tone
You love a [C]stone

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 9]
You love a [C]stone, because [D]it's dark,
and [Am]it's old
And if it [Em]could start being [D]alive,
you'd stop living alone
[C]

[Verse 10]
And I think I be[G]lieve that,
if stones could [D]dream
They'd dream of being [Am]laid side-by-side,
piece-by-piece
And And An[C]d And And turned into a
[Em]castle for some towering [D]queen
They're [Dsus4]un able t[D]o kno[C]w

[Verse 11]
And when that [G]queen's
daughter [D]came of age
But I think she'd [Am]be lovely and stub
[C]born and brave
And suitors [Em]would journey
from kingdoms [D]away
Just to make [C]themselves known

[Verse 12]
And I think that [G]I know the
bitter dis[D]may
Of a lover who [Am]brought fresh
bouquets every [C]day
When she turned him [Em]away
to remember some [D]knave
Who once gave just [C]one rose, one day,

[Outro 1]
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