TIGERS BLOOD
As recorded by Waxahatchee 
(From the 2024 Album TIGERS BLOOD)


Capo 4th fret


[Intro]
         


[Verse 1]
            
 You come aliv

             
e in the heat,

              
 you ain't cro

            
ssing state li

nes
             
Stood up like 

             
a crepe myrtle

              
, can't be kil

         
led or denied
             
Throw a brick 

              
through the wi

             
ndow, leave yo

              
ur mess at my 


door
             
Lord knows soo

             
ner or later i

              
t'd wash up to

 
 shore
             
Lord knows soo

             
ner or later i

              
t'd wash up to

             
 shore


[Verse 2]
            
 You're laughi

             
ng and smiling

              
, drove my Jee

              
p through the 


mud
             
And your teeth

             
 and your tong

              
ue bright red 

             
from tiger's b

lood
             
We were young 

             
for so long, s

              
eersuckers of 


time
             
Drank someone 

             
else's juice, 

              
left only the 


rind
             
Drank someone 

             
else's juice a

              
nd left only t

   
he rind


[Chorus]
             
And I held it 

             
like a penny I

 
 found
             
It might bring

             
 me something,

              
 it might weig

     
h me down
             
You got every 

             
excuse but it'

           
s an eerie sou

nd
             
Oh, when that 

             
siren blows, r

              
ings out all o

                 
ver town


[Verse 3]
            
 Named after a

             
 city you ain'

          
t never seen
             
Spellbinding c

             
opperheads ban

              
ging a tambour

  
ine
             
And it's the k

              
iss of death, 

             
but it's the o

        
nly way out
             
Galloped up to

             
 the mirror, l

              
ooked her righ

         
t in the mouth
             
Galloped up to

             
 the mirror, l

              
ooked her righ

                       
t in the mouth


[Verse 4]
            
 I'd skated th

             
e surface, I'd

            
 left you alon

e
             
By now truer w

             
ords spoken li

              
ke blood from 

  
a stone
             
And it fills m

             
e with dread b

              
ut I've learne

       
d to ignore
             
The smell of d

              
ust that creep

             
s up through t

              
he cracks in t

   
he floor
             
The smell of d

              
ust it creeps 

             
up through the

              
 cracks in the

 
 floor


[Chorus]
             
And I held it 

             
like a penny I

 
 found
             
It might bring

             
 me something,

              
 it might weig

     
h me down
             
You got every 

             
excuse but it'

           
s an eerie sou

nd
             
Oh, when that 

             
siren blows, r

              
ings out all o

    
ver town
             
When that sire

             
n blows, rings

              
 out all over 

      
town


[Outro]