Reina del Cid "The Cooling"
G Bm Em D C C D D (x2)
G Bm
The first thing to go
Em D
it might surprise you to know
C
it's not the blood from the muscle
D
or the strength from the bone
G Bm
Between you and me
Em D
it's the simplest thing
C
it's the warmth of the body
D
when the soul is at home
Em Bm
It's the heat (mm)
C D
and you struggle to keep it inside
Em Bm
but it seems (mm)
C D
it's stealing away in the night
G Bm
When you first realized
Em D
that your body had died
C
you went to the tunnel
D
to wait there alone
G Bm
And you stood there for days
Em D
but the light never came
C
so you took your poor body
D
and you walked it back home
G Bm
Now you're popping some pills
Em D
oh to fight back the chill
C
and you're picking some flowers
D
to help with the stench
G Bm
But no manner of blush
Em D
will be quite enough
C
to cover the pallor
D
that spreads 'cross your skin
Em Bm
and they said (mm)
C D
that hell would be fire and smoke
Em Bm
but in the end (mm)
C D
it's this cooling that scares you the most
G Bm
There's a pretty young thing
Em D
with a pretty gold ring
C
and she talks to you every night
D
'cause she don't know you're dead
G Bm
And you can't figure how
Em D
when you're walking through town
C
no one's noticed the knife
D
sticking out of your head
G Bm
Now you're living in fear
Em D
that sometime this year
C
they will finally notice
D
that your heart doesn't beat
G Bm
And they'll dig you a grave
Em D
and they'll put you away
C
but you still won't be ready
D
you'll grow back like a weed
Em Bm
Like a weed (mm)
C D
and you wonder what you're waiting for
Em Bm
'cause it seems (mm)
C D
there's no honor in death anymore
