Chevelle - Shameful Metaphors

C#         C#
Fear | It's all the same
  Bb      Ab
Should I evolve | To tend to these 
C#       C#
sights | Said out loud then said again
      Bb        Ab
If fate's so wrong | You'll start to feel lightheaded
   F#  Ab   Bb    C#    C# Ab
By my  ad - mis - sion, nothing grows
       F#    Ab  Bb   C#      C#     Ab
Just a lon - ger list of un - sorted laws

   F#
So why then
    C#   Bb   Ab  (C#)  F# 
Has all my life made no        sound
      Bb   C#    Ab  (C#)  F#
And are your eyes Clo - sing even now
   C#   Bb   Ab  (C#)  F# 
My life made no        sound
     Bb   C#    Ab    C#
I fear your eyes clo - sing

C#      C#
Revolting man
      Bb             Ab
This sacred chain | Brought down to 
C#       C#
trial | No better man could fail the way
           Bb   Ab
You needed all | Keep close the vein of empty Thoughts
    F#   Ab   Bb   C#       C#    Ab
The fi - nest ri - ver, The ravens tend
        F#   Ab   Bb    C#         C#   Ab
All a - long in - sis - ting We're worlds away

   F#
So why then
    C#   Bb   Ab  (C#)  F# 
Has all my life made no        sound
      Bb   C#    Ab  (C#)  F#
And are your eyes Clo - sing even now
   C#   Bb   Ab  (C#)  F# 
My life made no        sound
     Bb   C#    Ab    C#
I fear your eyes clo - sing
 
[Play this and the following part with power chords (only 1&5)] !!!

C  / C#    C# C / Eb   C#
Be - hold       the lost
C  / C#    C# C / Eb   C#
Be - hold    a Band-Aid

C  / C#    C# C / Eb   C#
Be - hold       the lost
C  / C#    C# C / Eb   
Be - hold    a Band-Aid


Ab / Bb   F   C#   C   Ab   F#   C#   F#   \    Play 3 times
1    6    3   4    1   7    3    1    3    /    (2 times including voice)

These shameful metaphors
Fought it through the teeth
                                     ___ The last F is played on A string
Shameful metaphors                  /    on 8th fret
Biting at your heels               /
                                  /
Ab / Bb   F   C#   C   Ab   Eb   F   \    Play 1 time     
1    6    3   4    1   7    3    4   /    (including voice)

Shameful metaphors
Fought it cheek to cheek

   F#
So why then
    C#   Bb   Ab  (C#)  F# 
Has all my life made no        sound
      Bb   C#    Ab  (C#)  F#
And are your eyes Clo - sing even now
   C#   Bb   Ab  (C#)  F# 
My life made no        sound
     Bb   C#    Ab        C#
I fear your eyes clo - sing