Verse 1:
Abm           Ebm              Abm
  I have an unhealthy fantasy
Abm           B                   Ebm Gb
That I can't move and you carry me
E           Abm                   Ebm                 E     Abm
Off of the battlefield scorched earth that once was green
             Ebm   Abm
Always of injury I dream
Abm           Ebm          Abm
And in this sickening daydream
Abm         B              Ebm  Gb
Down in the river you lay me
E           Abm               Ebm             E
Picking out arrows from my crimson shoulder blades
Abm            Ebm          Abm
You remark how much I'm in pain

Chorus:
        E
And it's always in the dirt
                    B
It's always in the dust
                                  E
Perpetually cleanin' one another's blood
                                         Ebm
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?
      E
When I'm emaciated
                      B
When you can see the bone
                                              E
When you use all your gentleness to carry me home
                                         Ebm   E
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?

Verse 2:
Abm           Ebm         Abm
Just like a tonic on my tongue
Abm           B              Ebm Gb
Momentary relief in words of love
E                      Abm              Ebm             E
And we'll chase that feeling, avoid all healing if need b
Abm              Ebm              Abm
Do I need to be whole if you love me?
Abm             Ebm             Abm
Here in the No Man's Land we lie
Abm                    B           Ebm             Gb
In the heat of the battle as your blood mixes with mine
E             Ab                   Ebm              E
There is no world in which we both make it out of here
Abm                Ebm         Abm
It's one or the other now, my dear

Chorus:
        E
And it's always in the dirt
                    B
It's always in the dust
                                  E
Perpetually cleanin' one another's blood
                                         Ebm
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?
      E
When I'm emaciated
                      B
When you can see the bone
                                              E
When you use all your gentleness to carry me home
                                         Ebm   E
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?

Bridge:
        E
And it's always in the dirt
                    Abm
It's always in the dust
                                  E
Perpetually cleanin' one another's blood
                                         Ebm
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?
      E
When I'm emaciated
                      Abm
When you can see the bone
                                              E
When you use all your gentleness to carry me home
                                         Ebm
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?

Chorus:
        E
And it's always in the dirt
                    B
It's always in the dust
                                  E
Perpetually cleanin' one another's blood
                                         Ebm
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?
      E
When I'm emaciated
                      B
When you can see the bone
                                              E
When you use all your gentleness to carry me home
                                         Ebm   E
Is it just the bleedin' part of me that loves?
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