"Rough Gem is a song so insidiously infectious that trepanation may be the only way to
it out of your head"
- Pitchfork Media
Intro Chords F#/C#/G#m/B
F#/C#/B/!CLAP!CLAP!/B
F# Ebm
The world beat you for something nice
C# B
You worked hard, died poor
F# Ebm
You mined what you died for
C# F# B C#
Diamonds di di di di di uh
F# Ebm
You can whistle my name
B
It's the mines, in Africa
C#
That are to blame
F#
You can Scoop out my brain
Ebm B C#
Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain
F#/C#/B/!CLAP!CLAP!/B
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F# Ebm
I've been awake from the first day
B C#
Stayed awake, stayed awake
F# Ebm
The rabbit linked up to the whole moon
B C#
Longer, short road
Pre Breakdown: (in arpeggios) F#/B/Ebm/C#
F#/C#/G#m/B
instrumental: F#/B/Ebm/C#
F#
Dig deep but don't dig too deep
C# G#m B
When it's late you'll see the hole is empty and oh so deadly
F# C#
They want me raw and smooth like glass
G#m
They want it fast but they don't want flaws
I'm a girl's best friend
B
Can you cut, I can cut, 'cause I'm a rough gem
F#/C#/G#m/B
F# B
who lives in those lights in the distance?
Ebm C#
why didntyou tell me the rain would help you out
F# B
I had a dream, it was all a dream
Ebm C# F#
But it was ruined by the sun shining in through me
