Chords used:
LAm x02210 MIb6 xx1313 FAmaj7 xx3210 DOm xx10888
DO x32010 RE xx0232 SIb6 xx8786
SOL 320033 SIm x24432 LAm 577555
SIb 688766 MI 022100 FA6 xx3231
SOLm 355333 SOL6 xx5430 MIm7 022030
LAm DO SOL SIb
If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush it's tender petals,
LAm DO SOL SIb
With me here you'll have no escape, and at the same time there'd be nowhere to settle.
SOLm /FA# /FA /MI MIb6 RE SIm
I trample down all life in my wake, I eat it up and take the cake,
MI LAm RE LAm
I just avert my eyes to the pain, of someone's loss helping my gain.
LAm DO SOL SIb
If you gave me a dream for my pocket, you'd be plugging in the wrong socket,
LAm DO SOL SIb
With me here there's no room for the future, with me here there's no room with a view at all.
SOLm /FA# /FA /MI MIb RE SIm
I am out of season all year round, hear machinery roar to my empty sound,
MI LAm RE DOm
Touch my heart and feel winter, hold my hand and be doomed forever.
DOm SIb6 (x2) LAm FA6 LAm MIm7 FAmaj SOL6 MI
(guitar solo)
LAm DO SOL SIb (x2)
(piano solo)
LAm DO SOL SIb
If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush it's tender petals,
LAm DO SOL SIb
With me here you'll have no escape, and at the same time there'd be nowhere to settle.
SOLm /FA# /FA /MI MIb6 RE SIm
And if you're wondering by now who I am, look no further than the mirror,
MI LAm RE DOm
Because I am the greed and fear, and every ounce of hate in you.
Cm D Bm E Am D (repeat x2 and fade)
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