Chord Bears Vision Of St Agnes by Mewithoutyou

tuning : standard intro : E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - 9~ - - - - - 11 - - 8~ - - - - 4 - 5~ - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - 4 - 5~ - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4~ - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 3~ - | let ~ ring verses : Em may not be played every time/At all; up to you Bm G barren rocks and sand , our wooden sculpture hands , Bm D Em G held like a timber hitch , held candles to the sun Bm G both faint and fading fast , we walked on , windward Bm D Em G kept time with a pocketmouse , mouths kept mostly shut Bm G thought broke the silence like a bone Bm half - moaned : "you’ve worn me like an albatross , D Em G i’ve only slowed you down . Bm G you could’ve long traded in your braided crown Bm D Em G by now you could’ve found that anabaptist girl you always used to go on about Bm G as we rode in circles on our bicycles; Bm D Em G we walked on balance beams as the audience cheered for us Bm G we burned like fevers under carriage hats Bm hid behind venetian masks D Em G in our human costumes Bm G we stood like statues once in shepherd’s check Bm we’ll both be decked in herringbone , D Em G wrapped border drab around already broken ironstone" Bm "but i’ve seen these cliffs before , G Bm st . agnes brought her palm branch to the hospital D Em G looked upward lest the charm had fled from my brother’s breathing bed play softly Bm G and when he died i shut his dogtooth violet eyes : Bm he looked just like me D Em G climb on down and see Bm G they laid him on the rocks below Bm there’ll be enough to fill your cup for days D Em G i’ll stay up here and rest . loud again Bm G we’ll fly in straight lines as from carronades Bm D Em G we’ll crash like tidal waves , decimate the islands Bm G as our hollowed lumber falls like water , ends where i start Bm D Em G in that tattered rag shop back in asbury park outro : Bm , F#m Em , Bm look how soon my hands won’t move but if you’ll improve , we’ll all improve sixty feet and my feet won’t move but if you’ll improve , we’ll all improve forty feet , my legs won’t move but as you improve , we all improve fill our den with acorn mast , i’ll wake before the salmon pass ten foot more and nothing moves" Bm , F#m Em , Bm - end on Bm - D : | - - - | F#m : | - - - | Bm : | - - - | G : | - 3 - | Em : | - - - | | - - - | | - - - | | - - - | | - 3 - | | - - - | | - 7 - | | - - - | | - 4 - | | - 0 - | | - - - | | - 7 - | | - 4 - | | - 4 - | | - 0 - | | - 2 - | | - 5 - | | - 4 - | | - 2 - | | - 2 - | | - 2 - | | - - - | | - 2 - | | - - - | | - 3 - | | - 0 - |