verse 1
Em Em D D Am C Am Em G Em Em
Semi-precious stone for Cassandra
D F D Em Em D D
Semi-precious stone for your drugs
Am C Am Em G Em Em
Semi-precious stone for science
D F D
Semi-precious stone for your kiss
C
But I am standing on a pile of diamonds
G
That I would like to submit
Em D Am
For your totem poles
verse 2
Em Em D D Am C Am Em G Em Em
For every time we hated the police
D F D Em Em D D
Or had to get out of the city to get free
Am C Am Em G Em Em
A semi-precious stone, semi-precious stone
D F D
For every thumb we ran along the crease
C
I am standing on a pile of diamonds
G Em Em D D Am
That i would like to submit, woo!
Bridge
Am C
And lover, it was so windy
G Am
The night was filled with furious trees
C
The streets were strewn with broken branches
G Am
Oh, save me from this conspiring breeze
Am
This is the sound
C
This is the sound
G
This is the sound
Am
This is the sound
Am
This is the sound
C
This is the sound
G Am
Of the sky foaming at the mouth
Am C G Am (x2)
verse 3
Am
This is the sound that I choose to make, now
C
This is the sound that I choose to make
G
Surrounded with tools and
Am
No longer suitable for carving faces
Am
Swinging down, through the air
C
Like a branch, through the air
G
Until my basic human bones
Am
Are like a hammer, like a hammer on a semi-precious stone
Am
This is the sound
C
This is the sound
G
This is the sound
Am
This is the sound
Am
This is the sound
C
This is the sound
G Am
Of the sky foaming at the mouth
Am C G Am x2
F E x3
Outro
C Am
So hey, you can keep Cassandra
F G
And you can keep your kiss
C Am
You should save your energy
F G
For the new apocalypse
Am
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!