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BLACK FINGERNAILS, RED WINE FULL ALBUM CHORDS
Tabbed by JNPF1

Track Listing:

1.  Comfort You
2.  New York
3.  Black Fingernails, Red Wine
4.  Breaking Up
5.  Setting Sun
6.  London Bombs
7.  Sarah
8.  This Is Pressure
9.  Beating like a Drum
10. Reprise
11. Suicide Girl
12. How Does It Feel


1. COMFORT YOU

[Intro]
     (x3)
         
ohh ohh  ohh o

  
hh

[Verse 1]
            
I will come, c

       
ome to comfort

 you
            
I will come, c

             
ome to comfort

    
 you

[Intro 2]
    
         
ohh ohh  ohh o

  
hh

[Verse 1]
            
I will come, c

       
ome to comfort

 you
            
I will come, c

             
ome to comfort

    
 you

[Intro]
     (x2)
        
     ohh ohh I

              
'm coming I'm 

              
coming I'm com

              
ing I'm coming

[Outro]

I'm coming I'm

 coming I'm co

ming I'm comin

g

I'm coming I'm

 coming I'm co

ming I'm comin

g
            
I'm coming I'm

              
 coming I'm co

              
ming I'm comin

   
g


2. NEW YORK

Capo 2

[Intro]
    (x2)

[Verse 1]
             
Hey, hey, I kn

             
ow it wasn't N

#
ew York

Where I lost m

y mind
             
Hey, hey, I kn

              
ow I must have

 
 left it
       
It was back ho

me all the tim

e
             
And where were

           
 you while we 

lay

So drunk that 

we died?
             
Hey, Hey, I kn

              
ow, but who co

    
uld blame us
      
Under pressure

[Chorus]
      
And I know
              
I should have 


stayed in bed
            
And I know, I 

            
should have st

           
ayed in bed
            
And I know, I 

            
should have st

              
ayed in bed

[Verse 2]
             
Hey, hey, I kn

              
ow it's just a

 
 toothache

I won't even c

ry
             
Hey, hey, the 

            
candy store pr

escriptions
    
All lined up i

n the aisles
             
And where were

           
 you while we 

lay

Shipwrecked in

 denial?
             
Hey, hey, it's

              
 just a little

 
 pill to help 

you
            
Sleep right th

              
rough the nigh

 
t

[Chorus]
              
I should have 


stayed in bed
            
And I know, I 

            
should have st

           
ayed in bed
            
And I know, I 

            
should have st

           
ayed in bed

[Bridge]
        
Because tomorr

ow's gonna be 

another party
            
You stay to lo

             
ng until the l

ights get lone

ly
    
Oh, tomorrow's

 gonna be anot

her party

Wait too long 

'til we
             
All stay out o

        
f the sun
 
Sun
  
Sun
 
Sun

[Chorus]
         
And I know
              
I should have 

           
stayed in bed
            
And I know, I 

            
should have st

           
ayed in bed

[Outro]
            
I know, I know

            
 it wasn't New

       
 York, New Yor

k
            
I know, I know

            
 it wasn't New

             
 York, New Yor

  
k
            
New York, New 

    
York
            
New York, New 

    
York


3. BLACK FINGERNAILS, RED WINE

Capo 1

[Intro]
  
  

[Verse 1]
             
Black Fingerna

     
ils, red wine

I wanna make y

ou all mine
             
A lot of peopl

 
e underground
             
You wanna get 

              
there, you got

              
ta go straight


 down

[Hook 1]
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh

[Verse 2]
             
There's a cult

    
ure everywhere

Smoke clouds h

ang in the air
             
It's so loud, 


can't hear you

 talk
             
You and I shou

              
ld take a walk

     
 downtown

[Hook 2]
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh
    
Downtown
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh

[Chorus 1]
             
The argument o

             
ver God contin

   
ues
        
In this house
             
All of us stan

             
d and point ou

         
r fingers
       
At the ground
             
All of us stan

             
d and point ou

         
r fingers

[Hook 1]
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh

[Verse 3]
             
Red letter day

  
, black heart

It's gonna tea

r you all apar

t
        
So loud, can't

 hear you call
             
You and I are 

              
gonna fall str

      
aight down

[Hook 2]
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh
    
Downtown
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh

[Chorus 2]
             
The argument o

             
ver God contin

   
ues
        
In this house
             
All of us stan

             
d and point ou

         
r fingers
       
At the ground
             
The argument o

             
ver love conti

    
nues
        
In this house
             
All of us stan

             
d and point ou

         
r fingers

[Hook 2]
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh
    
Downtown
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh

[Verse 1]
             
Black Fingerna

     
ils, red wine

I wanna make y

ou all mine
             
A lot of peopl

 
e underground

You wanna get 

there, you got

ta go straight

 down

[Chorus 2]
             
The argument o

             
ver God contin

 
ues
        
In this house
             
All of us stan

             
d and point ou

         
r fingers
       
At the ground
             
The argument o

             
ver love conti

    
nues
        
In this house
             
All of us stan

             
d and point ou

         
r fingers

[Hook 3]
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh
         
Straight down
      
Oh-oo-Oh
            
Straight down

 


4. BREAKING UP

Capo 1

[Intro]
  (x2)

[Verse 1]
           
A handful of s

and
             
Is all that yo

      
u grab
             
As you're watc

        
hing the money

 fall
             
Right through 

     
your hands

[Verse 2]
             
It took such a

 
 long, long ti

me now
           
To build on de

mand
             
But this is a 


war in the cra

dle of
            
This modern ma

n

[Chorus]
            
Does this mean

        
 we're breakin

g up
             
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
            
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
             
Like stones ag

  
ain
            
Like stones ag

    
ain

[Verse 3]
             
A mouthful of 


glass
             
That cuts up y

    
our words
             
You better wat

              
ch that nothin

    
g's falling ou

t
             
Watching nothi

      
ng is heard

[Chorus]
            
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
             
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
            
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
             
Like stones ag

   
ain

[Bridge]
            
It took a long

              
, long, long, 

     
long time
             
To reverse lik

    
e a curse
          
It took a long

, long, long, 

long time
          
It took a long

, long, long, 

long time

[Verse 4]
             
And these are 

    
the words in t

he pages of
             
And this is th

  
e law of unspo

ken love
             
And this is a 


war in the cra

dle of
           
This modern ma

n

[Chorus]
            
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
             
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
            
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
             
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up (Like sto

nes again)
            
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up (Like sto

nes again)
             
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up (Like sto

nes again)
            
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up (Like sto

nes again)
             
Does this mean

       
 we're breakin

g up
          
Like stones ag

ain
           
Stones again
           
Like stones ag

ain
      
Stones again

[Outro]
    (x5)


5. SETTING SUN

Capo 1

[Intro]
   
   

[Verse 1]

I've been wait

ing for too lo

ng,

Staring at the

 sun

Waiting for th

e night to com

e,

So I can get t

hings done

[Verse 2]

I can't wait f

or this no mor

e,

My eyes have c

ome undone

If my star wil

l ever rise,

Let it be the 

only one

[Chorus]
            
And if I see y

   
ou waiting for

 the setting s

un,
             
It will never 


come
            
And if it ever

            
 comes, you're

         
 forever young
              
You're forever

 
 young

[Verse 3]
             
Ice is just a 

           
remedy for pai

n and rising h

eat,
             
Hold it in you

              
r hands and wa

        
tch the puddle

s form around 

your feet

[Verse 3]

And if you dri

nk the water,

It might just 

stop the pain
             
From dreaming 

              
of the fever d

        
rowning holes 

around your na

me

[Chorus]
            
And if I see y

   
ou waiting for

 the setting s

un,
             
It will never 


come
            
And if it ever

            
 comes, you're

         
 forever young
              
You're forever

       
 young

[Verse 4]
             
If your scared

           
 about the fut

ure,
              
I'm scared abo

       
ut the past
             
And if your fe

              
eling ill, it'

              
s cause the wo

              
rld is spinnin

  
g fast
              
Yeah you're st

             
aring at the s

un,
              
Yeah you bette

            
r all hold on
              
And watch the 

              
sky become the

        
 ground
             
Forever Young

#   

[Chorus]
            
And if I see y

   
ou waiting for

 the setting s

un,
             
It will never 


come
            
And if it ever

            
 comes, you're

         
 forever young
              
You're forever

 
 young

[Outro]
    (x2)


6 LONDON BOMBS

Capo 1

[Intro]
   (x2)

[Verse 1]
             
Drag me by my 


ankles

To the bottom 

of the ocean
             
There I'll sta

   
y forever
            
Until you come

           
 back from Eng

land

[Chorus]
              
The London Bom

   
bs
           
The London Bom

bs
              
The London Bom

   
bs
           
The London Bom

bs

[Verse 2]
           
I stayed up fo

rever

Tried to call 

your number
             
But you were l

       
ost forever
            
In the early d

       
ays of winter

[Chorus]
              
The London Bom

   
bs
           
The London Bom

bs
              
The London Bom

   
bs
           
The London Bom

bs

[Instrumental]
  
  
  

[Bridge]
             
Dirty little t

             
own on the Tha

       
mes is calling

 you away, oh

[Intro]
   (x2)

[Verse 3]
            
I stay up fore

ver

Try to find th

e answer
            
In the sun I w

         
ait for you

[Chorus]
              
The London Bom

   
bs
           
The London Bom

bs
              
The London Bom

   
bs
           
The London Bom

bs

[Intro]
   (x2)

[Outro]
             
Dirty little t

             
own on the Tha

       
mes is calling

 you away
             
Dirty little t

             
own on the Tha

             
mes is calling

               
 you away, oh
              
The London Bom

         
bs      Oh
              
The London Bom

    
bs      Oh
   (x4)


7. SARAH

Capo 2

[Intro]
    (x2)

[Verse 1]

Sarah
            
Won't you tell

         
 me your name
            
I've been wait

             
ing here for h

ours
              
In the garden 

       
by the flowers

You're so shy
            
So just open y

    
our eyes
            
The boys all f

             
orm a line to 

              
be written out

    
 in time
             
A long, long, 

            
long, long tim

    
e ago

[Chorus]
        
Emergency
            
I think I am f

        
alling apart
        
Emergency
            
I think I am l

          
osing the figh

t
             
And I don't kn

              
ow if I can do

 
 it
             
I don't know i

        
f I can try
             
I don't know i

            
f anyone asked

             
 me the reason

      
 I lied
          
She sighed

 

[Verse 2]

Sarah
            
Is she your ne

       
w best friend
            
One day it wil

             
l end, you kno

     
w it will

You're so shy
            
So just let it

      
 fall apart
            
Let it stumble

        
 in the dark
              
With the razor

          
s in your hear

t
             
A long, long, 

            
long, long tim

     
e ago

[Chorus]
        
Emergency
            
I think I am f

       
alling apart
        
Emergency
            
I think I am l

          
osing the figh

t
             
And I don't kn

              
ow if I can do

 
 it
             
I don't know i

        
f I can try
             
I don't know i

            
f anyone asked

             
 me the reason

      
 I lied

[Bridge]
        
She sighed
             
Yes she sighed


           
You're so shy

#

[Chorus]
        
Emergency
            
I think I am f

       
alling apart
        
Emergency
            
I think I am l

          
osing the figh

t
             
And I don't kn

              
ow if I can do

 
 it
             
I don't know i

        
f I can try
             
I don't know i

            
f anyone asked

             
 me the reason

      
 I lied

[Outro]
         
She sighed
         
She sighed
       
Oh no


8. THIS IS PRESSURE

Capo 1

[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
        
This is pressu

re

Stay away from

 me

If life is big

ger

Then what do y

ou see
          
You're no bett

er
              
No better than

 
 me
           
If this is pre

ssure
             
Show me how do

            
 you bleed

[Chorus]
      
There is no ro

mance in suffo

cation
    
The walls fall

 down like you

r expectations
    
You want to sc

ream and you w

ant to shout
             
But you've bui

              
lt up steam an

      
d you can't le

t out

[Verse 2]
        
This is pressu

re

No you won't s

ee me

Just ask your 

brother

What he now be

lieves
          
You're no bett

er
              
No better than

 
 me
           
If this is pre

ssure

Tell me what d

o you see

[Chorus]
      
There is no ro

mance in conve

rsation
    
The words fall

 out like you'

re out of pati

ence
    
You want to sc

ream and you w

ant to shout
             
But you've bui

              
lt up steam an

      
d you can't le

t out
        
This is pressu

re

This is pressu

re

This is pressu

re

So this is pre

ssure
            
Pressure now

 

[Bridge]

Pressure, come

 on down

Pressure, come

 on down

Pressure, come

 on down

Pressure, come

 on down

Come on down

Come on down

Pressure, come

 on down

Pressure, come

 on down

(This is press

ure) Come on d

own

(This is press

ure) Come on d

own

(This is press

ure) Come on d

own

(So this is pr

essure) Come o

n down

[Chorus]
      
There is no ro

mance in suffo

cation
    
The walls fall

 down like you

r expectations
    
You want to sc

ream and you w

ant to shout
             
But you've bui

              
lt up steam an

      
d you can't le

t out oh
      
There is no ro

mance in conve

rsation
    
The words fall

 out like you'

re out of pati

ence
    
You want to sc

ream and you w

ant to shout
             
But you've bui

              
lt up steam an

      
d you can't le

t out

[Outro]
        
This is pressu

re

This is pressu

re

This is pressu

re

So this is pre

ssure
   (x4)


9. BEATING LIKE A DRUM

[Intro]
            
This room is l

              
ike the belly 

           
of a ghost
            
Swaying to the

             
 rhythm of a h

              
eart that is n

   
ow lost

[Chorus 1]
              
So tell me tha

         
t I'm wrong
              
Tell me that t

             
here's consequ

    
ence
             
Or do you stil

            
l remember me 


alive?
N.C.
Beating like a drum

[Interlude]
   (x2)

[Verse 1]
  
I had a lot to

 drink last ni

ght
             
Now I'm feelin

     
g old
         
Is there anyth

ing that I can

 buy
             
That I have no

  
t sold?

[Chorus 2]
              
So tell me tha

        
t I'm gone
             
From your stat

         
e of mind
             
Do you still r

          
emember me ali

   
ve?
             
Do you still r

          
emember me ali

ve?

Beating like a

...

[Bridge]
             
Drum that beat

   
s upon your do

or
           
A shadow under

neath the floo

r

I don't want t

o shoot this g

un
    
But everything

 just stops
N.C.
Like the beat of a drum

[Interlude 1]

  La-da, la-da

, la-da-da-da
        
  La-da, la-da

, la-da-da-da

  La-da, la-da

, la-da-da-da
        
  La-da, la-da

[Interlude 2]

Oh-oh-oh, oh-o

h-oh-oh
            
Oh-oh-oh, oh-o


h-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-o

h-oh-oh
             
Oh-oh, oh-oh, 

   
oh-oh

[Chorus]
              
Tell me that I

       
'm wrong
              
Tell me that t

            
here's consequ

    
ence
             
Or do you stil

            
l remember me 

 
alive?

Beating like a

 drum

[Interlude 3]
            
Oh-oh-oh, oh-o


h-oh-oh
       
Oh-oh-oh beati

ng like a drum
            
Oh-oh-oh, oh-o


h-oh-oh
       
Oh-oh-oh beati

ng like a drum

[Outro]

   La-da, la-d

a, la-da-da-da
         
   La-da, la-d

a, la-da-da-da

   La-da, la-d

a, la-da-da-da
 


10. REPRISE

[Instrumental]

D#-G#
D-G# G#-B B-F#

 F#-E E-C# (x5

)


11. SUICIDE GIRL

Capo 1

[Verse 1]
             
With lips that

       
 kiss, words o

f teeth
             
And I was wron

     
g to let you k

now
             
So drink your 

        
coffee, catch 

your bus
             
Cause I just w

           
ant my suicide

    
 girl

[Chorus]
           
My social suic

        
ide girl
            
Poison in the 


well
            
Razors in the 

       
apple core
             
She's my socia

            
l suicide girl
            
She'll catch y

          
ou in her way
             
'Til everyone 

             
just stays awa

 
y

[Verse 2]
             
See these word

   
s, sharp as kn

ives
             
And I just wan

     
t to let it go
             
Seven stitches

 
 on my head
             
And I just wan

          
t my suicide g

   
irl

[Chorus]
           
My social suic

        
ide girl
            
Poison in the 


well
             
Razors in the 

         
apple core
             
She's my socia

            
l suicide girl
            
She'll catch y

          
ou in her way
             
'Til everyone 

            
just stays awa

 
y
        
Stays away

[Bridge]
     
Oh girl
     
Oh girl
      
Oh girl

[Chorus]
           
My social suic

        
ide girl
            
Poison in the 

 
well
             
Razors in the 

         
apple core
             
She's my socia

            
l suicide girl
            
She'll catch y

           
ou in her way
             
'Til everyone 

     
just stays awa

y

[Outro]
             
If her kiss is

      
 deep then you

'll sleep
             
Gravestones li

      
e and futures 

die


12. HOW DOES IT FEEL

Capo 2

[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
            
You live so mu

              
ch, it's like 

       
you're dying
             
You can't give

             
 up, your body

   
's trying
             
Oh you're buil

             
t so tall it's

             
 like you're f

lying
             
But rocks will

             
 fall, the sky

       
 keeps climbin

g

[Chorus]
             
You're gonna l

#
ose everything
             
You're gonna l

ose everything
             
You're gonna l

ose everything
             
You're gonna l

              
ose everything
             
How does it fe

  
el
            
how does it fe

el

[Verse 2]
            
I'm not scared

            
 so much of tr

ying
             
But don't look

             
 up you might 

      
start flying

[Chorus]
             
You're gonna l

#
ose everything
             
You're gonna l

ose everything
             
You're gonna l

ose everything
             
You're gonna l

ose everything
             
You're gonna l

#
ose everything
             
You're gonna l

ose everything
            
How does it fe

el
            
How does it fe

el

[Solo]
       
Oh no

[Bridge]

I wanna know

I wanna know
            
How does it fe

el
              
Oh how does it

 
 feel

[Chorus]
             
You're gonna l

#
ose everything
             
You're gonna l

ose everything
            
How does it fe

el
              
Oh how does it

 
 feel

[Interlude]
    (x2)

[Outro]
            
You live so mu

              
ch, it's like 

       
you're dying
             
You can't get 

             
up, your body'

  
s trying
             
Oh you're buil

             
t so tall it's

             
 like you're f

lying
             
But rocks will

             
 fall, the sky

       
 keeps climbin

g

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