From Octoboure (1999) |
ROOM NINETEEN
Tempo: Medium-Fast Driving Swing
1st Verse:
(Fm) No Chords
She walks the hall
Down to his room
With blondish screams
And steady croons
Twisting bated breath
And it will all be over
Under the door
The salt of sweat
The shaking legs
And grind of sex
Bound and gagged
C#9 C9
His love is a glossy cover
Chorus:
A#m7
She sees his blinding silhouette
Fm
Smash the wall and the window sill
A#m7
Against her back this suffering town
C#9 C9
The air raid sirens are winding down
2nd Verse:
Fm
The screams through the vents
The pounding walls
A#m7
Stains on her breath
From the alcohol
C#9
His careless smile
C9
And rough tongue
Fm C#9 C9
Take her sober
Fm
Rub her slot
And kill the lights
A#m7
Rug burned skin
And slurring sight
C#9 C9
The fashion’s taken in
Fm C#9 C9
Her senses falter
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Fm7
She croons
G#7
Soft into the pillow
C#9
The glow of the t.v.
C9
In room nineteen
A#m
Sore as the bruises
Fm7
On her knees, and “no”
G#7
“This is not how I dream”
C#9 C9
Broken veins and dirty clothes
A#m A#m7(Break)
“I’ll take my mistakes”
“I think I want to go home”
Fm/D#/B7/A#7 (x3) C#9/C9
Repeat Chorus
Repeat 2nd Verse
Repeat Chorus
Refrain:
Fm D#
The air raid sirens
B7 A#7 C#9/C9
Are winding down