Safe In The Arms Of Vernacular chords
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[Intro]
Em7 G D C (x2)
[Verse 1]
Em G
Daddy brought me back a bonafide gas mask
D C
All the way home from Desert Storm
Em G
That's what I called Saudi Arabia
D C
Sand turns to glass sharp as a sultan's sword
Em7 G
I saw the Blue Angels fly up over my head
D C
In the cinnamon glow of the dispossessed
Am7 C G D
We weren't born this way
[Chorus]
Em G Am C
Shaped like clay into a confederate apotheosis
Em G Am C
And left on the dirty steps of time just like an orphan
Em G C Am7
Just like an orphan
Em G C Am
Just like an orphan
C D Em
G D C
[Verse 2]
Em7 G
She drinks white wine, memento mori
D C
Riesling room temp from a coffee cup
Em7 G
She's a waitress downtown, draped in Bedouin gown
D C
Smoking Kent cigarettes in the underground
Em7 G
I guess she just wanted to escape all those voices
D C
It's a labyrinth of tempered devotion, a goddamn hall of mirrors
Em7 C G D
Hostage to this land
[Chorus]
Em G Am7 Am C
Shaped like clay into a confederate apotheosis
Em G Am7 C
And left on the dirty steps of time just like an orphan
Em G C Am7
Just like an orphan
Em G C Am7 Am
Just like an orphan
[Chorus]
D
I'm writing bad checks in blue ink
C
She wipes the counters off, leaves the dishes in the sink
D C
It smells like bleach in here, it smells like bleach in here
D
I'm writing bad checks in blue ink
C
She wipes the counters off, leaves the dishes in the sink
D C
It smells like bleach in here, it smells like bleach in here
D
I'm writing bad checks in blue ink
C
She wipes the counters off, leaves the dishes in the sink
D C
It smells like bleach in here, it smells like bleach in here
D C D Em G D C
It smells like bleach in here, it smells like bleach in here
[Outro]
Em G
Daddy brought me back a bonafide gas mask
D C
All the way home from Desert Storm