Admiral Fallow // Tree Bursts In Snow // Beetle In The Box
Chords are in the same key as the album. Palm Mute all the 'D(3)' and 'G(3)' chords.
D(3): x54030
Em: 022000
F: 133211
F*: x33210
G: 320001
G(3): x55430
A: x02220
Bm: x24430
(P.M): - Palm Mute
Intro: D(3) G(3) D(3)
D(3) G(3) D(3)
Hold your tongue the unwilling and the safe
G(3) D(3)
Make your mark in your own tiny way
G(3) Bm
Your own miniature firework display for one
D(3) G(3) D(3)
Fear of facing the shadow on the shore
G(3) D(3)
Tied in knots and hung out on the backdoor
G(3) D(3) Bm
The 'boy-done-good' thoughts of valour and the all for one
AD
It's the beetle in the box that shakes in your hands
BmGD
And it's formed out of feelings I don't understand
EmBm
They're mapped in the gaps and the spaces between
GAD(3) D(3)
The worry of bearing the ghost in the machine
D(3) G(3) D(3)
I eat your words and you mark my mistakes
G(3) D(3)
We set the dictionary up to fail
G(3) D(3) G(3)
The work of poets is a vapour we exhale it's gone
D(3) G(3) D(3)
Fleeting fondness is a flicker in your frown
G(3) D(3)
Spilling out in adjectives and nouns
G(3) Bm
A mess of letters once it's chewed and swallowed down all gone
AD
It's the beetle in the box that shakes in your hands
BmGD
And it's formed out of feelings I don't understand
EmBm
They're mapped in the gaps and the spaces between
GAD(3) D(3)
The worry of bearing the ghost in the machine
F
How do you feel pain?
C
(Tremors through the floor)
F
How do you hear sound?
Am
(Tapping on the walls)
F
I wish I could feel it all
G F (P.M)
(I wish I could feel it all)
GC
It's the beetle in the box that shakes in your hands
AmFC
And it's formed out of feelings I don't understand
DmAm
They're mapped in the gaps and the spaces between
AmG
The worry of bearing the ghost
FG
The worry of bearing the ghost
C F* C (P.M)
In the machine
Music by Admiral Fallow.