Angel Of Small Death And The Codeine Scene Chords

by Hozier
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author afong10 [a] 167.
5 contributors total, last edit on Aug 29, 2023
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Chords

F#m
C#9
E
A
Bm
D

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TABBED BY: "afong10"
"Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene"
By Hozier
 
 
[Intro]
F#m F#m C#9 F#m x2
 
[Verse 1]
F#m                    C#9          F#m
I watch the work of my kin bold and boyful
F#m                      C#9       F#m
Toying somewhere between love and abuse
E                        A
Calling to join them the wretched and joyful
F#m                        C#9      F#m
Shaking the wings of their terrible youths
 
[Verse 2]
F#m                      C#9      F#m
Freshly disowned in some frozen devotion
F#m                C#9          F#m
No more alone or myself could I be
E                           A
Lurched like a stray to the arms that were open
   F#m                    C#9          F#m
No shortage of sordid, no protest from me
 
[Chorus]
        F#m                       A
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
         E                            F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        F#m                    A
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
         E                            F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
 
[Verse 3]
F#m                    C#9           F#m
Feeling more human and hooked on her flesh, I
F#m                        C#9         F#m
Lay my heart down with the rest at her feet
E                          A
Fresh from the fields, all fetor and fertile
F#m                        C#9         F#m
It's bloody and raw, but I swear it is sweet
 
[Chorus]
        F#m                       A
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
         E                            F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        F#m                    A
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
         E                            F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
 
[Instrumental bridge]
(2 beats each)
 
F#m E A Bm D E A A
A F#m E D D C#9
(INSTRUMENTAL OF "VERSE")
F#m F#m C#9 F#m
F#m F#m C#9 F#m
E A
F#m F#m C#9 F#m
 
[Verse 4]
F#m                       C#9        F#m
Leashless confusion, I'll wander the concrete
F#m                  C#9       F#m
Wonder if better now having survived
E                        A
Jarring of judgement and reasons defeat
          F#m                      C#9        F#m
The sweet heat of her breath in my mouth I'm alive
 
[Chorus] (x2)
        F#m                       A
With her sweetened breath, and her tongue so mean
         E                            F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
        F#m                    A
With her straw-blonde hair, her arms hard and lean
         E                            F#m
She's the angel of small death and the codeine scene
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9 comments
Hampurilias
Thanks for posting a tab with chords throughout the lyrics!
+10
Kate_music_123
Excellent chords, great for barre chord dexterity if you play the c#9 barring 4th fret with your ring finger on 6th fret A string
+3
stringtension
Simple and beautiful :)
+3