🎶 labour

Intro
(One, two three)

Verse 1
[A#m] Why are you hanging on[Em7]
So tight[Db]
To the rope that I'm hanging [Bbm]from
Off this [A#m]island
This was an escape plan[Esus4] (This was an es[D#]cape plan)
Carefully t[Db]imed it
So let me go [Bbm]
N.C.
And dive into the waves below


Pre-Chorus
[A#m] Who tends the orchard[Cb]s?
Who fixes up the [Db]gables?
Emotional tor[F#7]ture
From the head of your high ta[A#m]ble
Who fetches the water[Cb]
From the rocky mountain s[Db]pring?
And walk back down ag[F#7]ain
To feel your words and their s[Db]harp sting
[Db]And I'm getting fucking tired


Chorus
[A#m]The capillaries in my [Cb]eyes are bursting
[Db]If our love died, [Bbm]would that be the worst thing?
[A#m]For somebody I t[Cb]hought was my saviour
You [Db]sure make me do a [Bbm]whole lot of labour
[A#m]The calloused skin on my [Cb]hands is cracking
[Db]If our love ends, [Bbm]would that be a bad thing?
[A#m]And the silence [Cb]haunts our bed chamber
[Db]You make me do t[Bbm]oo much labour [A#m]

Post-Chorus
[A#m] [D#] [Db] ([Bbm]You make me do too much labour)

Verse 2
[A#m]Apologies for my t[D#]ongue
Never y[Db]ours
Busy lapping from flowing c[Bbm]up
And stabbing with your for[A#m]k
I know you're a smart man ([D#]I know you're a smart man)
And weaponi[Db]se the false incompet[Bbm]ence
It's dominance under a g[A#m]uise


Pre-Chorus
If we had a [A#m]daughter
I'd [Cb]watch and could not [Db]save her
The emotional tort[F#7]ure
From the head of your high t[A#m]able
She'd do what you taught her [Cb]
She'd meet the same cru[Db]el fate
So now I've gotta [F#7]run
So I can undo this mi[Db]stake
[Db]At least I've gotta try


Chorus
[A#m]The capillaries in my [Cb]eyes are bursting
[Db]If our love died, [Bbm]would that be the worst thing?
[A#m]For somebody I t[Cb]hought was my saviour
You [Db]sure make me do a [Bbm]whole lot of labour
[A#m]The calloused skin on my [Cb]hands is cracking
[Db]If our love ends, [Bbm]would that be a bad thing?
[A#m]And the silence [Cb]haunts our bed chamber
[Db]You make me do t[Bbm]oo much labour [A#m]


Bridge
[A#m]All day, every day
[A#m]Therapist, mother, maid
[A#m]Nymph then a virgin
[A#m]Nurse then a servant
[A#m]Just an appendage, live to attend him
[A#m]So that he never lifts a finger
[A#m]Twenty-four-seven [Cb]baby machine
So [Db]he can live out his p[Bbm]icket fence dreams
[A#m]It's not an act of [Cb]love if you make her
[Db]You make me do t[Bbm]oo much labour
[A#m]All day, every day
[Cb]Therapist, mother, maid
[Db]Nymph then a virgin
[Bbm]Nurse then a servant
[A#m]Just an appendage, [Cb]live to attend him
[Db]So that he never l[Bbm]ifts a finger
[A#m]Twenty-four-seven [Cb]baby machine
So [Db]he can live out his p[Bbm]icket fence dreams
[A#m]It's not an act of [Cb]love if you make her
[Db]You make me do [Bbm]too much labour

Chorus
[A#m]The capillaries in my [Cb]eyes are bursting.
(All day, every day, therapist mother maid)
[Db]If our love died, [Bbm]would that be the
worst thing? (Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant)
[A#m]For somebody I t[Cb]hought was my saviour
(Just an appendage, live to attend him)
You [Db]sure make me do a [Bbm]whole lot of labour
(so that he never lifts a finger)
[A#m]The calloused skin on my [Cb]hands is
cracking (Twenty-four-seven baby machine)
[Db]If our love ends, [Bbm]would that be a bad thing?
(So he can live out his picket fence dreams)
[A#m]And the silence [Cb]haunts our bed chamber
(It's not an act of love if you make her)
[Db]You make me do t[Bbm]oo much labour⠀