Wake by The Antlers
{title: Wake}
{artist: The Antlers}
{album: Hospice}
{year: 2009}
{start_of_bridge: Intro}
[Bm] [A] [D] [F#] [G] [A] [G] [F#] [A]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
With the [Bm]door closed, shades drawn,
The [A]world shrinks.
Let's open [D]up [F#]those blinds[G].
But [A]someone has to sweep the floor,
Pick [G]up her dirty [F#m]clothes.
That [A]job's not mine.
Now that [Bm]everyone's an enemy,
My [A]heart sinks.
Let's put a[D]way [F#m]those claws[G].
I don't [A]blame them for their curtains-calls
'Cause [G]I pulled the [F#m]rope.
I wanna [A]call them back out for applause.
Spring and [Bm]Thompson on the
First of May is [A]horrible.
We hid in [D]ca-[F#m]tacombs[G].
So now I'm [A]sleeping next to mousetraps,
in a [G]bed of all our [F#m]clothes,
While I [A]hope that she won't come home.
It was [Bm]easier to lock the doors
And [A]kill the phones
Than to [D]show [F#m]my skin[G],
Because the [A]hardest thing is never to
Re[G]pent for someone [F#m]else,
It's [A]letting people in.
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{start_of_bridge: Instrumental}
[Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[Bm] [D] [A]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
Well you can [Bm]come inside, unlock the door,
Take [A]off your shoes.
But this might [D]take [F#m]all night[G],
To ex[A]plain to you I would have
Walked [G]out those sliding [F#m]doors,
But the [A]timing never seemed right.
When your [Bm]helicopter came
And tried to [A]lift me out,
I put its [D]rope a[F#m]round my neck[G].
And after [A]that you didn't bother
With the [G]airlift or the [F#m]rescue,
You [A]knew just what to expect.
That with the [Bm]door closed, shades drawn,
We're [A]dead enough.
They don't [D]open [F#m]from out[G]side.
And [A]someone has to speak with their
[G]Teeth behind their [F#m]tongue,
To never [A]let that right be denied.
We can't re[Bm]ly on photographs
And visi[A]tation time,
But I just [D]don't know [F#m]where to be[G]gin.
I wanna [A]bust down the door,
If you're [G]willing to for[F#m]give.
I've got the [A]keys, I'm letting people in.
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{start_of_bridge: Instrumental}
[Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[Bm] [D] [A]
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{start_of_bridge: Outro}
[G]Don't be scared to [D]speak,
Don't [A]speak with someone's tooth,
Don't [G]bargain when you're [D]weak,
Don't [A]take that sharp abuse.
Some [G]patients can't be [D]saved,
But that [A]burden's not on you.
Don't [G]ever let [D]anyone [A]tell you you deserve that.
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