Cauterize

^F# C# ^- - ²⁴⁴³²² x46664
Ebm - x68876
B - x24442
C#/F - 143xxx
F#/Bb - x143xx
Verse 1:
As we ^F# dance here in
this ^Ebm empty apartment
^B Echoes of laughter
will long live here after
Put your ^C# memories in boxes
And cut all your losses
Ro ^F# mance left
this place ^Ebm long ago
If ^B these walls
could talk
They'd ^C# tell me
Ebm-C#/F-B x2
it's time to go
Refrain:
^Ebm You gave this ^C#/F place
so much ^B color
^Ebm I don't know why ^C#/F I
did not ^B see
that before
^Ebm You gave ^C#/F life
to this ^B place
Wi ^Ebm thout you
C#/F B(hold)
it's empty space
Verse 2:
As we ^F# kiss knowing
that ^Ebm it's our last one
Pull the ^B sheets
from the mattress
Sleep hasn't found us
Take the ^C# curtains
from the window
Let the world see
this last dance
And ^F# now what
is ^Ebm left for us
^B Turn all the
lights out
^C# Lock the door
be ^Ebm hind us ^{C#/F B}
(Repeat Refrain)
Chorus:
Someone ^C# else can
hang pictures
over holes in the walls
^Ebm Duck and take cover from
the screams in the hall
^B Sing you to sleep when
you're hurt from the fall
F# C#/F B C# F#/Bb B x2
And somehow I will miss this all
Verse 3:
^B Let's burn this place down
and s ^C# catter the ashes
^Ebm Paint it with gasoline
and s ^C#/F tart throwing matches
^B Somewhere in this wreck
re ^C# mains dying love
(Repeat Refrain)
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
And ^F# somehow I will ^C#/F miss this ^Ebm all ^{C#/F B}
Outro:
As we ^F# dance knowing
that ^Ebm it's our last one
If ^B these walls could talk
^C# they'd tell us
Ebm C#/F B(hold)
it's time to go