Chord She Stayed As Steam by Kevin Devine

this song is in standard tuning in the demo , and tuned a half step down when played live . pretty accurate , definitely not perfect all the chords in this section are palm muted power chords F C all that music in your mouth G Am rivers rushing at your teeth A# F cresting waves through wading valleys A# F flooded language tributaries A# F C/G connect and cover over me F C tensing jaw & cork screw eyelids G Am as if you couldn’t bare to see A# F all that water pouring from you A# F collecting clouds inside the ballroom A# F C/G A# over people who don’t know you but darling i do on ’do’ , begin this riff : | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - 2 - 0 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - 0 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 3 - 3333333 - - | | - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - 3 - 3333333 - - | | - - 11 - 1 - 1 - 111 - 111 - 1/55 - 5 - 5 - 555 - 533 - 011 - 1 - 1 - 111 - 111 - 155 - 5555 - - 1111111 - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | return to palm - muted power chords F C you trance yourself back towards the city G Am blood not moving to your feet A# F your foot falls tentative and muffled A# F automatic listless shuffle A# F C/G your sidewalk scatter brain , cry uncle F C you paint yourself back in your corner G Am and look for her on your t . v . A# F it’s friday night and i Am hungry A# F for a hand , a mouth , a body A# F C/G A# a love i wouldn’t have to carry for the next section , either play the riff or the chords below . . mouth . . now . . canal . . town | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | | - - - - 2 - 0 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - 0 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 3 - 3333333 - - | | - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - 3 - 3333333 - - | | - - 11 - 1 - 1 - 111 - 111 - 1/55 - 5 - 5 - 555 - 533 - 011 - 1 - 1 - 111 - 111 - 155 - 5555 - - 1111111 - - | | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | F/A# a stitch in my mouth Dm and i’m untying now F/A# a concrete canal Dm G A in a bomb border town return to palm muted power chords again A# Am an echo in the rafters Dm G reminding you there was a sound D | - 7 - - - - - 5 - - - 3 - | Dm but you killed her in waves C F C she stayed a steam to hiss at you now stop palm muting here G Gadd9 Am A# F Am A# F Am A# F C/G C7 | - 33335555555555556666 - - - - - 111110001111 - - - - 111110001111111100000000 - | | - 33333333555555556666 - - - - - 111111113333 - - - - 111111113333111111111111 - | | - 44444444555555557777 - - - - - 222222223333 - - - - 222222223333222200003333 - | | - 555533337777777788888 - - - - 333332223333 - - - - 333332223333333322222222 - | | - 5555555577777777888883 - - - 33333000111110 - - 333330001111333333333333 - | | - 333333335555555566666 - - 3 - 11111 - - - - - - - - - 3111111 - - - - - - - 11113333 - - - - - | A# F he killed her in waves Am Dm but that’s not today back to palm muting again Dm so you breathe through your mouth A# try to calm yourself down F and keep what you found A and shout it out loud and stop palm muting again Dm she can hover and hurt A# or dissolve to dirt F A some prayer in you mouth G and she might stay a steam C so get to the beams F A let you figure her out G , Dm , A# , F , A# , F , A# , C/G , C7 , F