The Stranger At My Door

Capo 5 Em Am Em I have seen the firewatcherâ??s daughter. Em Am Em Watching fires burn from smoke to black. C D G D/F# Em There's nothing she won't burn, from styrofoam to urns. B7/F# To someone else's ashes in a sack... (..oh god i love her) Em Em Am Em You can scorch the metal, you can even melt the glass. C Em You can pass the time here, fire lives into the past C D G D/F# Em An all-consuming flame, that refines and new begins B7/F# B A G# F# Em It'll take your family heirlooms, but it can take your darkest sins C Em It's a good ol' bedtime story, give you nightmares 'til you die D Em And the ones that love to tell it, hide the mischief in their eyes C Condemn their sons to hades Em Am And gehenna is full of guys, alive and well B7/F# Em But there ain't no hell for a firewatcher's daughter Em Am Em Woooooooo Em Am Em Woooooooo C D Em Woooooo Em Am Em We exercise the demons of the things we used to know C Em The gnashing of the teeth become the remnants of our homes C D G D/F# Em We think we're moving on, from materials we long B7 Em To forget we ever sold our souls to own Em Am Em There's a chilling absolution that we're given from our birth C D/F# Em A powerful delusion and a plague upon the earth C D But nothing scares me more G D/F# Em Than the stranger at my door B7/F# Em Who i fail to give shelter, time, and worth C Em It's a good ol' bedtime story, give you nightmares 'til you die D E And the ones that love to tell it, hide the mischief in their eyes C Condemn their sons to hades Em Am And gehenna is full of guys, alive and well B7/F# Em But there ain't no hell for a firewatcher's daughter