Band: Bright Eyes
Song Title: Hot Knives
Album: Cassadaga
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 4x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
G G G C/B
The wife forgave the mistress,
G G G C/B
For she only entertained.
G G G C/B
Her pain was gone the instant
G G G C/B
She cleared her throat to speak her name. Said,
-Riff B:
Em C
| e 0~~~~ | 0~~~~ |
| b 0~~~~ | 1~~~~ |
g -0~~~~-|-0~~~~-|let ring
| d 2~~~~ | 2~~~~ |
| a 2~~~~ | 3~~~~ |
| E 0~~~~ | |
Em C
"Both of us must suffer from the same unending ache."
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
The world was not of interest,
G G G C/B
Though her days were never dull.
G G G C/B
Her bed beneath a crucifix,
G G G C/B
On guests performing miracles.
-Riff B:
Em C
| e 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| b 0 0 0 0 | 1 1 1 1 |
| g 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| d 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 |
| a 2 2 2 2 | 3 3 3 3 |
| E 0 0 0 0 | |
E E E E C C C
With the son of God just hanging like a common------criminal.
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
-Riff C:
Am C
| e 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| b 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 |
| g 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 |
| d 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 |
| a 0 0 0 0 | 3 3 3 3 |
| E | |
Am Am Am Am C C C C(stop)
"When I do wrong, I am with God," she thought.
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
-Riff C:
Am Am Am Am C C C C
"When I feel lost, I----am not----at all."
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
-Riff D:
Bm C Am D
| e 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 2 2 2 2 |
| b 3 3 3 3 | 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 |
| g 4 4 4 4 | 0 0 0 0 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 |
| d 4 4 4 4 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 |
| a 2 2 2 2 | 3 3 3 3 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| E | | | |
Bm
So give me black lights (Give me, 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!)
-Riff C:
Am Am Am
Oh, I've made love.
Am C C C C(stop)
Yeah, I've been fucked.-----------So what.
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
-Riff C:
Am Am Am Am C C C
I'm a cartoon,-----you're a full moon.
C(stop)
Let's stay up.
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
She went to see a mystic
pm.........................
G G G C/B
Who made medicine from rain.
pm.............................
G G G C/B
And gave up her existance
pm..........................
G G G C/B
To feel everything, dream others' dreams.
pm.........................................
Am Am Am Am
Bid farewell to her family
pm..........................
C C C C
In one ec------static wave... ("please take care. I love you all.")
pm........................
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
pm.............................................
-Interlude:
(softly)Am Am Am Am
Out the window
C C C C(stop)
As the car rolled----------away.
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
pm.............................................
-Riff C:
(softly) Am Am Am Am
She just vanished
C C C C(stop)
Into a thick-----mist--------------of change.
-Riff A:
G G G C/B
| e 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| b 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 000000 |
| g 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 000000 | Repeat |
| d 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 0 0 0 x | 222222 | 2x |
| a 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 2 2 2 x | 333333 |
| E 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 3 3 3 x | 333333 |
-Riff D:
Bm
So let us rejoice (Let's rejoice!)
C
In all this pink noise (Out pink noise!)
Am D
An oscillation that we can pinpoint (We're right here!)
-Repeat Riff C
Am C
(no singing)
Am C
(Aaaaah Aaaaah)
Am C
(Aaaaah Aaaaah)
Am C
(Aaaaah Aaaaah)
Am C
(Aaaaah Aaaaah)
Am C D
(Aaaaah Aaaaah)
-End On:
g -0~~~~~-|fade out
| d 0~~~~~ |
| a 2~~~~~ |
| E 3~~~~~ |