6 Chords used in the song: G, C, Em, Am, Bm, D
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Intro: G G G C x 4
G G G C G G G C
The Wife forgave the Mistress for she only entertained
G G G C G G G C
The pain was gone the instant she cleared her throat to speak her name
Em C
Said, "Both of us must suffer from the same unending ache"
G G G C x2
G G G C G G G C
The world was not of interest though her days were never dull
G G G C G G G C
Her bed beneath a crucifix on guests performing miracles
Em C G G G C x2
With the Son of God just hanging like a common criminal
Am C G G G C x2
When I do wrong I am with God, she thought
Am C G G G C x2
When I feel lost I am not at all
Bm
So give me Black Light (Give Give me)
C
So give me Hot Knives (Deep Clean sleep)
Am D
On a dance floor no one tells time (There is no time)
Am C G G G C x2
Oh, I've made love, yeah, I've been fucked, so what?
Am C G G G C x2
I'm a cartoon, you're a full moon, let's stay up
G G G C G G G C
She went to see a Mystic who made medicine from rain
G G G C G G G C
And gave up her existence to feel everything, dream others' dreams
Em C G G G C x2
Bid farewell to her family with one ecstatic wave (Please take care I love you all)
Am C G G G C x2
Out the window as the car rolled away
Am C G G G C x2
She just vanished into a thick mist of change
Bm
So let us rejoice (Let's Rejoice!)
C
In all this Pink Noise (Out Pink Noise!)
Am D
An oscillation that we can pin point (We're right here!)
Am C x5
Am C D
End On: G
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woodshed
(DC)
I didn't submit or create this tab at all, I can't remember who did. I just took out the lyrics when the copy-wright infringment wave was going down.
20 Oct 2010
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About this song: Hot Knives
"Hot Knives" is the second song to be released by the indie/folk-rock band Bright Eyes, from their album Cassadaga.[1] The song was released on July 9, 2007, on a strictly-limited 7" double A-side record. The other song featured on the record was "If the Brakeman Turns My Way". Conor Oberst, the band's frontman, allegedly said "Hot Knives is a song.. um, sort of about a woman that kind of discovers that her life is a sham and can't really exist in her reality any longer and has to transform completely into a new, uh, species.