Standard tuning
The picking pattern varies a bit throughout the song, but here is the main idea.
The B in the chords below signifies the root note transition, not the actual chord
(which would be a G if you decided to play it out).
Main picking pattern:
C Em Am Am B/G
e|--------0----------------0----------------------------------------------------|
B|-(1)--------1---1----------------0--------1-------1--------1------------------|
G|----0---------0------0-------0--------2-------2--------2-------2---0----------|
D|------2---2------------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2--------------------|
A|--3----------------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---2------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C Em Am Am B C
I'm not sure how these marks came to be on my heart
Em Am Am B C
in your bed as I slept with the devil had a brawl
Em Am Am B C
when I awoke prayed to god it had been but a draw
Em Am Am B C
oh my what more of a mess I will be if I've lost
Interlude picking pattern:
C Em Am Am G
e|-------------------------3---0------------0----------------------------------|
B|-(1)----3-------1----------------0------------1------------1-----------------|
G|----0-------0--------0----------------2-----------2----2-------2---0---------|
D|------2-------2--------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2-------------------|
A|--3-------3--------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-----------|
F F C E
now I dream of the sky running towards me, liquid like an ocean
F F C E
my little brother is there and I carry him like a newborn
F F C E
it seems I'm always lifting him to escape from rabid beasts and storms
F F C
behind my eyelids he is light - he's the weight of a quarter
E E
but in daylight he is broad and older
C Em Am Am B C
oh lord, call me back, back to you I will come,
Em Am Am B C
seal my soul like an envelope, use your spit lick it shut
Em Am Am B C
bring your knives, use your tools, perform open heart
Em Am Am B C
the water is scalding, so cold that it burns
Em Am Am B C
but when I lay in your likeness how you slay all my hurt
Em (Am)
all my hurt, all my hurt