Intro (this is also how and Em are played in the first verse): e---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------| B---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0-------------------| G---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------| D---2---2---2---2---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------0---| A---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2---2-------------------| E---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---2---3-------| I saw a white-haired child, staring out through hollow gray eyes I saw men that come to early ends, men who flicker, dim, and die I saw a kerosene skyline from the suburbs of the city on a hill I heard the clatter of the coin and the yawning of the few that have their fill And the sun, it is a blister, rising like the dead I drag my shadow behind me, and I drag my body to the edge of my bed With my palms pressed to my eyes, I pray this one last time If you're someone else I might love you still, but as it is we're done Oh and you, you will not dig a hole in me You will not chop down my tree Or hold me under the water No and you, you will not dig a hole in me You will not chop down my tree Or hold me under the water Hold me under the water Hold me under the water Hold me under the water Hold me under the water Outro (still singing "Hold me under the water"): e----------------------------------------------------| B---0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0------| G------0--------0--------0-----0--------0--------0---| D---------2--------2--------------2--------2---------| A---3-----------------------2------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------| e---0--------0--------0-----0------------------------| B------3--------3--------3--1------------------------| G---------2--------2--------2------------------------| D---0-----------------------2------------------------| A---------------------------0------------------------| E---------------------------0------------------------|

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