Thursday – Porcelain chords

Thursday
Porcelain
Waiting
1999
Submitted by: paramore_Fans@yahoo.com

Key: C, F

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Am - x02210
C -  x32010
Dm - xx0231
Bb - x13331
D -  xx0232


Intro: Dm-- x8


Verse 1:
Am       C     Dm  City of blue tile
Am       C    Dm  Figure in Ceramics
Am      C        Dm  Where we reach out
Am         C  Grab for Porce-


Chorus 1:
 Dm       Am  Bb         Dm-lain But it's too fragile to hold
       Am       Bb     DmAnd it shatters in our hands
            AmIn time the seasons will 
Bb         Dmseal these shards
          AmInto the slits that 
  Bb        Dmdenote your wrists
             BbDeath is the answer
        AmTo calculations composed
   Bb                   Dmof motions that are the same
                  BbAnd secret and different
          AmA missing alphabet 
       Bbwith a message for us


Verse 2:
     DmWhen people die
(DIE,DIE!)
            AmThey take a piece 
   C       Dmof us with them
(PEOPLE DIE AND DIE!)
             AmAnd holes in clouds 
    Bb      dmare minutes passing
(DIE AND DIE!)
             AmRescind this line
    C       Dmand several ties
(PEOPLE DIE AND 
DIE EVERYDAY!)
              AmThe skyline unfolds 
     Cinto expla-


Chorus 2:
   Dm-nation That sometimes 
Bbwords give up
    AmAnd silently walk off the 
Bbedge the edge of the page
    Dm                 BbAnd here the cry opens up 
            Amreveals the word inside
    Bb                DmThe crack in the porcelain
    Bb              AmThe crack in the porcelain
    Bb                Dm(hold)The crack in the porcelain


Interlude: Bb--Dm--


Bridge:
    BbThe silent line of
 Dmskylit eyes show
    BbThe silent line of
 Dmskylit eyes show
    BbThe silent line of
 Dmskylit eyes show
    BbThe silent line of
 Dmskylit eyes show
(Repeat)

D--

Sing in Backup:
Death up there shine
more brightly than
lives down here
Try and live


(Repeat Verse 2)


Outro:
 Dm    Bb-nation
       Dm  Bbexplanation
        BbTry and live
        DmTry and live
        BbTry and live
        BbTry and live
        DmTry and live
        BbTry and live
        BbTry and live
        DmTry and live
        Bb    Dm---(hold)
Try and live, live
Try and live
Try and live