400 Bones

G          A
400 Bones, crumpled in bed
        D                                    G
I'm the only one who knows that you're still breathing
G                              A
Beneath the blanket of another French death
     D                          G
This afternoon is one I will be keeping
G                          A
Where skin is painted by a brush from the sun
         D                                   G
Pull the sheets up to your neck so she can't see us
G
And let the clocks do all the worrying for once
              D                       G
We're passing out inside the sleeping mausoleum


[Bridge]

Bm A D G (x2)

Bm                           A
This is my safe house in the hurricane
                 D                        G
Here is where my love lays, 200 treasured bones
Bm                           A
This is my warmth behind the Cold War
                 D                          G
This is what I'm living for, forever coming home
Bm                       A
Here's to the room I can rest in
                     D                   G
The door I've always opened, never to be closed
Bm                      A
You as my horizon line, the star I navigate by
        D                         G
Takes me back to hold 200 perfect bones


[Outro]

Bm A D G (x2)
G A D G

G                     A
On absent days I will return to this place
           D                            G
And play a silent colour film within my head
G                            A
In which the pillow leaves a code upon your face
D                                    G
And all at once it all makes perfect sense
G          A
400 bones, crumpled in bed
        D                                    G
I'm the only one who knows that you're still breathing