Nemesis
Capo – 2nd Fret
C – x35050 C* - 332010
G – 35543x G* - 320003
G/E – 05540x D – xx0232
Am – x02210 Dsus – xx0233
Em – 022000
C G C G (x2)
C
‘Neath an avalanche
G
Soft as moss
C G G/E
I am a creeping and intangible sense of loss
C G G/E
I’m the memory you can’t get out your head
C Am
But if I leave you now
Em C* G*
You’ll wish you were somewhere else instead
C
I’m the manta ray
G
I’m the louse
C
I am the photograph
G G/E
They found in your burned out house
C G G/E
I’m the sound of money washing down the drain
C Am
I am the pack of lies
Em C*
Baby that keeps you sane
G* D
Gates of heaven are open wide
C* Em
God help me baby I’m trapped inside
C* Am
Feels like I’m buried alive
G*
I…
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C
I’m the bottom line
G
Of the joke
C
I am ecstasy
G G/E
I’m spilling like bright egg-yolk
C G G/E
I’m the thoughts you’re too ashamed to ever share
C Am
And I am the smell of it
Em C*
You’re trying to wash out of your hair
G* D
Gates of heaven are open wide
C* Em
God help me baby I’m lost inside
C* D Dsus
Feels like I’m buried alive
G* D
Possibilities limitless
C* Em
Just give me something that’s more than this
C* Am
One shot and I’ll never miss
Yes…
C* Em D C* Am Em D
C
I’m the babe that sleeps
G
Through the blitz
C G G/E
I am a sudden and quite unexpected twist
C G G/E
I am your one true love who sleeps with someone else
C Am
I am your nemesis
Em C* G*
Baby I’m life sweet life itself
C G C G G/E (Repeat & Fade)
