Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You

intro : Gmaj7 Bm Gmaj7

Gmaj7
my love , i Am the speed of sound
Bm Gmaj7
i left them motherless , fatherless
A#
their souls dangling inside – out from their mouths
D
but it’s never enough
Bm F# F#7
i want you

D
carve your name across three counties
Bm
ground it in with bloody hides
D
their broken necks will lie in the ditch
A# G
till you stop it , stop it , stop it , stop it
D
stop this madness
Bm F# F#7
i want you

D
i have waited with a glacier’s patience
Bm Gmaj7
smashed every transformer with every trailer
D
till nothing was standing
Bm G
sixty five miles wide
A# G
still you are nowhere , still you are nowhere
Bm
nowhere in sight
A#
come out to meet me
G
run out to meet me
D
come into the light

A# G D
A# G

D
climb the boxcars to the engine , through the smoke and to the sky
Gmaj7 Bm
your rails have always outrun mine . so i . . .
Em
picked them up and crashed them down
G
in a moment close to now
Gmaj7
cause i miss , i miss , i miss , i miss
D
i miss , i miss , i miss , i miss
Gmaj7 Bm
how d’you sigh yourself to sleep
Gmaj7
when i’d rake the springtime
D
across your sheets

Gmaj7
my love , i Am the speed of sound
Bm Gmaj7
i left the motherless , fatherless
A#
their souls dangling inside out from their mouths
D
but it’s never enough

D Bm A
my love , i’m an owl on the sill in the evening
Gmaj7
but morning finds you
Bm Em
still warm and breathing

Gmaj7
this tornado loves you , this tornado loves you
D Gmaj7
this tornado loves you , this tornado loves you ,
Gmaj7
this tornado loves you . . .
D
what will make you believe me?