Rests quite high in the voice, lest you're a pretty rangeful tenor, you may want to
transpose it down a step or twelve.
[Bm]Count your bones [G#m]one by one.
[Bm]Lie awake at [G#m]night.
[Bm]Underground, [G#m]boxed and glum,
[Bm]left you there for [G#m]rot.
[G] [Bm]
[Bm]All my fears are [G#m]overgrown,
[Bm]will someone burn this [G#m]grove?
[G] [Bm]
Those [Cm]Augu[F#]st n[Bm]ights....
They burn [Cm]hot [F#]as h[Bm]ell,
and you [Cm]wake[F#] up [Bm]sweating [G]dreams.
It casts a [F#]spell..
it casts a [Bm]spell.
[Bm]Welcome home! It's [G#m]been a while.
[Bm]Do you miss your [G#m]head,
[G] [Bm]
with your [Cm]tatt[F#]ered [Bm]clothes
and your [Cm]bloo[F#m]dy no[Bm]se?
[Cm]Aren't [F#m]you g[Bm]lad to be rid of the [G]smell?
Not at [F#m]all? Not at [Bm]all!
[Bm] [G#m] [Bm] [G#m]
(doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo interlude)
I'll [Bm]miss the fog through [G#m]headlight wash
and [Bm]bed and breath and [G#m]touch,
[G] [Bm]
but I'll [Cm]brav[F#]e it[Bm] out!
Yeah, I'll [Cm]brav[F#]e it[Bm] out!
There's [Cm]no u[F#]se g[Bm]etting [G]down.[Bm]
transpose it down a step or twelve.
[Bm]Count your bones [G#m]one by one.
[Bm]Lie awake at [G#m]night.
[Bm]Underground, [G#m]boxed and glum,
[Bm]left you there for [G#m]rot.
[G] [Bm]
[Bm]All my fears are [G#m]overgrown,
[Bm]will someone burn this [G#m]grove?
[G] [Bm]
Those [Cm]Augu[F#]st n[Bm]ights....
They burn [Cm]hot [F#]as h[Bm]ell,
and you [Cm]wake[F#] up [Bm]sweating [G]dreams.
It casts a [F#]spell..
it casts a [Bm]spell.
[Bm]Welcome home! It's [G#m]been a while.
[Bm]Do you miss your [G#m]head,
[G] [Bm]
with your [Cm]tatt[F#]ered [Bm]clothes
and your [Cm]bloo[F#m]dy no[Bm]se?
[Cm]Aren't [F#m]you g[Bm]lad to be rid of the [G]smell?
Not at [F#m]all? Not at [Bm]all!
[Bm] [G#m] [Bm] [G#m]
(doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo interlude)
I'll [Bm]miss the fog through [G#m]headlight wash
and [Bm]bed and breath and [G#m]touch,
[G] [Bm]
but I'll [Cm]brav[F#]e it[Bm] out!
Yeah, I'll [Cm]brav[F#]e it[Bm] out!
There's [Cm]no u[F#]se g[Bm]etting [G]down.[Bm]