Intro
[C] [F] [C]
Verse 1
[C] [C]
Her eyes and words are so icy
[Am]
Oh, but she burns
[F] [C]
Like rum on a fire
[C] [C]
Hot and fast and angry
[C]
As she can be
[Am] [F] [C]
I walk my days on a wire
Pre-Chorus 1
[F] [Am] [F] [Am]
It looks ugly, but it's clean,
[F] [Am] [Dm7] [C]
Oh momma, don't fuss over me
Chorus
[C] [Am] [C]
The way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
[C] [Am] [C]
Open hand or closed fist would be fine
[F] [Dm7] [C]
The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine
Verse 2
[C] [C]
Calls of guilty thrown at me
[C] [Am]
All while she stains
[F] [C]
The sheets of some other
[C] [C]
Thrown at me so powerfully
[C] [Am] [F] [C]
Just like she throws with the arm of her brother
Pre-Chorus 2
[F] [Am] [F] [Am]
But I want it, it's a crime
[F] [Am] [Dm7] [C]
That she's not around most of the time
Chorus
[C] [Am] [C]
The way she shows me I'm hers and she is mine
[C] [Am] [C]
Open hand or closed fist would be fine
[F] [Dm7] [C]
Blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine
[Guitar Solo]
Verse 3
[C] [C]
Her fight and fury is fiery
[C] [Am]
Oh, but she loves
[F] [C]
Like sleep to the freezing
[C] [C]
Sweet and right and merciful
[C] [Am]
I'm all but washed
[F] [C]
In the tide of her breathing
Pre-Chorus 3
[F] [Am] [F] [Am]
And it's worth it, it's divine
[F] [Am] [Dm7] [C]
And I have this some of the time
Chorus
[C] [Am] [C]
The way she shows me I'm hers and she is mine
[C] [Am] [C]
Open hand or closed fist would be fine
[F] [Dm7] [C]
The blood is rare and sweet as cherry wine
