Torches Chords by The Oh Hellos

Torches Chords by The Oh Hellos

[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
D                                            Em
I got a venom like a snake running out of my mouth
                          G
(running out of my mouth, running out of my mouth)
             D
It's got you burning at the stake
            Em                      G
Innocent or not, you're not a bet I care to take

[Chorus]
           Bm             D                   C
And Father ignorance will make brothers of us all
                     Em
(brothers of us all, brothers of us all)
      Bm              D
As he sets our torch aflame
                 C                       Em          G
Chasing down the flimsy specters that we co-create

[Post-chorus]
Bm
Over and over, again
             D            G
We keep that old wheel turning
                  D
We spin it around

[Instrumental]
D   D   D   D G D
D   D   D   D G D
D   D   D

[Verse 2]
D                                               Em
I got a terror I can't shake pushing down on my lungs
                           G
(pushing down on my lungs, pushing down on my lungs)
            D
It's got me lying there awake
                 Em                        G    Em
with a hand on a gun while turning shadows into shapes

[Chorus]
          Bm           D                   C
Mother Fortuna, O, she makes sisters of us all
                    Em
(sisters of us all, sisters of us all)
         Bm           D
When the faces in her wake
                   C                        G        C
Look more like our own than the effigies we immolate

[Post-chorus]
                G
Over and over, again
                          Bm
We keep that old wheel turning
                D
Over and over, again
                      C
We lay the next spoke down
                G
Over and over, again (oceans will roll in)
                D
Over and over, again,         Let's turn it around!

[Outro]
D   D C D   D Em
D   D G D   D Em
D           C D
D   D   D   G
D   D   D   D G
D   D   D   C Em
D   D   D   D
D   D