Petite Mort Chords & Lyrics by Bad Books
Petite Mort
guitar chords lyrics
These are the chords I have come up with for Petite Mort (so far).
I really like this song, but unfortunately there aren't any tabs or chords online.
What you see here I have figured out by ear. I'm sure I made mistakes.
I'm hoping that this will give more talented musicians than I a place to start from.
Maybe together we can figure the whole thing out!
Note: The chords in this song change quickly, especially during the verse.
Tuning: Down One Half Step
All chords shapes relative to tuning (when it says C, you play it like a C in
first position but it's really a B)
Intro (0:00-0:12)
E--------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------0-----------4----------------------|
D---2-----2-----2----2-2----2----5-4---------------------|
A--3-3---3-3---2-2--0------3-3--5------------------------|
E-3-----3-----0-----------3------------------------------|
(I haven't figured out the lick from 0:12-0:18, which is repeated throughout)
(0:18)
Em B
C/G Am7 G D Am D Em
Am D G B
Verse 1
Em B
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
C/G Am7 G D
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Am D Em
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Am D G B
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
Em B
You took apart the sympathetic angle
C/G Am7 G D
When you catered to the bitterness inside
Am D Em
Aligned yourself with depths I couldn't handle
Am D G
A million daily deaths before you die
Chorus
C
Gathered a bouquet
Em
Roses and posies
A
and straightened my tie
C G D
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find
Verse 2
Em B
Through layer after layer of subconscious
C/G Am7 G D
I hunted for a reason in the woods
Am D Em
I tore apart the map and started backwards
Am D G B
I couldn't picture living there for good
Em B
I left you there to finish setting fires
C/G Am7 G D
I left you there to propagate your lie
Am D Em
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
Am D G
I left you but that doesn't make it right
Chorus
C
I remember your bedroom
Em
Ivy and clover
A
You kept me alive
C G D
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside
Outro
Em B
Petite Mort, I asked you for an answer
C/G Am7 G D
Petite Mort, I sang until you slept
Am D Em
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
Am D G B
Petite Mort, now sleeping's all that's left
