Porcelain

thursday
porcelain
waiting
1999
submitted by : paramore_fans@yahoo . com

key : C , F

tuning : standard eadgbe

chords used :
Am – x02210
C – x32010
Dm – xx0231
A# – 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 A# Dm
– lain but it’s too fragile to hold
Am A# Dm
and it shatters in our hands
Am
in time the seasons will
A# Dm
seal these shards
Am
into the slits that
A# Dm
denote your wrists
A#
death is the answer
Am
to calculations composed
A# Dm
of motions that are the same
A#
and secret and different
Am
a missing alphabet
A#
with a message for us

verse 2 :
Dm
when people die
( die , die! )
Am
they take a piece
C Dm
of us with them
( people die and die! )
Am
and holes in clouds
A# Dm
are minutes passing
( die and die! )
Am
rescind this line
C Dm
and several ties
( people die and
die everyday! )
Am
the skyline unfolds
C
into expla –

chorus 2 :
Dm
– nation that sometimes
A#
words give up
Am
and silently walk off the
A#
edge the edge of the page
Dm A#
and here the cry opens up
Am
reveals the word inside
A# Dm
the crack in the porcelain
A# Am
the crack in the porcelain
A# Dm ( hold )
the crack in the porcelain

interlude : A# – – Dm – –

bridge :
A#
the silent line of
Dm
skylit eyes show
A#
the silent line of
Dm
skylit eyes show
A#
the silent line of
Dm
skylit eyes show
A#
the silent line of
Dm
skylit 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 A#
– nation
Dm A#
explanation
A#
try and live
Dm
try and live
A#
try and live
A#
try and live
Dm
try and live
A#
try and live
A#
try and live
Dm
try and live
A# Dm – – – ( hold )
try and live , live
try and live
try and live