Tone: [Bm]
Intro:
-One, two three-
Verse 1:
[Bm] Why are you hanging on[Em7]on
So tight[G]tight
To the rope that I'm hanging [A]from
Off this [Bm]island
This was an escape plan[Esus4]plan -This was an es[Em]escape plan-
Carefully t[G]timed it
So let me go [A]
-nc-
And dive into the waves below
Pre-Chorus:
[Bm] Who tends the orchard[D]orchards?
Who fixes up the [G]gables?
Emotional tor[Gb7]torture
From the head of your high ta[Bm]table
Who fetches the water[D]water
From the rocky mountain s[G]spring?
And walk back down ag[Gb7]again
To feel your words and their s[G]sharp sting
[G]And I'm getting xxxxing tired
Chorus:
[Bm]The capillaries in my [D]eyes are bursting
[G]If our love died, [A]would that be the worst thing?
[Bm]For somebody I t[D]thought was my saviour
You [G]sure make me do a [A]whole lot of labour
[Bm]The calloused skin on my [D]hands is cracking
[G]If our love ends, [A]would that be a bad thing?
[Bm]And the silence [D]haunts our bed chamber
[G]You make me do t[A]too much labour [Bm]
Post-Chorus:
[Bm] [Em] [G] -[A]-You make me do too much labour-
Verse 2:
[Bm]Apologies for my t[Em]tongue
Never y[G]yours
Busy lapping from flowing c[A]cup
And stabbing with your for[Bm]fork
I know you're a smart man -[Em]-I know you're a smart man-
And weaponi[G]weaponise the false incompet[A]incompetence
It's dominance under a g[Bm]guise
Pre-Chorus:
If we had a [Bm]daughter
I'd [D]watch and could not [G]save her
The emotional tort[Gb7]torture
From the head of your high t[Bm]table
She'd do what you taught her [D]
She'd meet the same cru[G]cruel fate
So now I've gotta [Gb7]run
So I can undo this mi[G]mistake
[G]At least I've gotta try
Chorus:
[Bm]The capillaries in my [D]eyes are bursting
[G]If our love died, [A]would that be the worst thing?
[Bm]For somebody I t[D]thought was my saviour
You [G]sure make me do a [A]whole lot of labour
[Bm]The calloused skin on my [D]hands is cracking
[G]If our love ends, [A]would that be a bad thing?
[Bm]And the silence [D]haunts our bed chamber
[G]You make me do t[A]too much labour [Bm]
Bridge:
[Bm]All day, every day
[Bm]Therapist, mother, maid
[Bm]Nymph then a virgin
[Bm]Nurse then a servant
[Bm]Just an appendage, live to attend him
[Bm]So that he never lifts a finger
[Bm]Twenty-four-seven [D]baby machine
So [G]he can live out his p[A]picket fence dreams
[Bm]It's not an act of [D]love if you make her
[G]You make me do t[A]too much labour
[Bm]All day, every day
[D]Therapist, mother, maid
[G]Nymph then a virgin
[A]Nurse then a servant
[Bm]Just an appendage, [D]live to attend him
[G]So that he never l[A]lifts a finger
[Bm]Twenty-four-seven [D]baby machine
So [G]he can live out his p[A]picket fence dreams
[Bm]It's not an act of [D]love if you make her
[G]You make me do [A]too much labour
Chorus:
[Bm]The capillaries in my [D]eyes are bursting.
-All day, every day, therapist mother maid-
[G]If our love died, [A]would that be the
worst thing? -Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant-
[Bm]For somebody I t[D]thought was my saviour
-Just an appendage, live to attend him-
You [G]sure make me do a [A]whole lot of labour
-so that he never lifts a finger-
[Bm]The calloused skin on my [D]hands is
cracking -Twenty-four-seven baby machine-
[G]If our love ends, [A]would that be a bad thing?
-So he can live out his picket fence dreams-
[Bm]And the silence [D]haunts our bed chamber
-It's not an act of love if you make her-
[G]You make me do t[A]too much labour