[Verse]
C
There is no use to holler, no use to cry.
F C
Twenty pounds of curses came to visit me tonight.
C
Salt for all the cuts, blankets for the cold.
F C
Prayers to keep the devil far away from those I love.
C
And there were red violins, playing in my dreams.
F C
One for me and two for me, and one at Jesus' feet.
G F C
And one I only reach to for sympathy.
[Chorus]
Am F
And if you want it, then you want it.
C G
For when you're falling on your knees.
Am F
I seen you howling now, you water at the mouth.
C G
I seen you fawn and faint in need.
F G C
Are there red violins playing you to sleep?
[Verse]
C
Chariot swing low, if you come for me.
F C
Ain't it now, the strangest sound we call on for relief?
C
Look at the all these people clapping steady to the beat,
F C
Of the ambulances on their way to me…
[Chorus]
Am F
So if you wanna, then you wanna.
C G
Everybody pays the price to feed.
Am F
And since you're howling now, you're foaming at the mouth
C G
And since you're struck right off your feet.
F G
I'll play red violins…
[Bridge]
F G
And you are now of my existence,
C Am
You're part of that which still remains.
F G
And you're lingering like fingered strings,
C Am
I seem to call on to feel the pain.
C F C F G
On red violins… on red violins.
[Chorus]
Am F
And if you wanna, then you wanna.
C G
Can't you see me crawling at your feet?
Am F
You see me howling now, I'm foaming at the mouth.
C G
Come on and grieve for my disease…
Am F C G Am F C G
And there were red violins playing in my dreams.
Am F C G Am F C G
There were red violins playing in my dreams.
Am F C G
There were red violins.
Am F C G
There were red violins.
Am F C G
There were red violins.
Am F C G C
There were red violins playing in my dreams.
