10, 000 maniacs - Like the Weather

Do I need someone here to scold me
C (2)
or do I need someone who'll grab and pull me
  D (2)
out of four poster dull torpor
C G (hold 6 beats)
pulling downward

G Am C D
For it's such a long time since my better days.
 G Am C D
I say my prayers nightly this will pass away

 
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
The color of the sky is grey as I can see through the blinds
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again

Pre-Chorus

Instrumental Verse

Chorus

G Am D (2)
What a cold and a rainy day.
G Am D (2)
I shiver, quiver, and try to wake.

End on G

Like The Weather

10,000 Maniacs

Intro Riff x2

C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal grey
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again

Pre-Chorus (With Intro Riff):
G (½) (D) (½) C D (2)
Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather
G (½) (D) (½) C D (2)
A quiver in my lip as if I might cry

C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
By the force of will my lungs are filled and so I breathe
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
Lately it seems this big bed is where I never leave

Pre-Chorus

Chorus:
G Am D (2)
What a cold and a rainy day.
G Am D (2)
Where on earth is the sun hid away?

C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
I hear the sound of a noon bell chime, well, I'm far behind
C (½) (D) (½) Em (½) (C) (½) C D
You've put in ‘bout half a day while here I lie

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Bridge:

D (2)