Porcupine Tree - Chimeras Wreck

Em
A coat of arms is all we are
Am
The slow decay, a dying star
Bm/F# Am7
A sinkhole for the crawling of the hours
Em
Afraid to be (afraid to be)
Em
What I should be (what I should be)
Am
The sum of all (the sum of all)
Am7
Of new and old (of new and old)
Bm7 Am
Experience has made me none the wiser

Em

Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am7 Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die

Em

Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am Em Am Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die, whoa

Em
Chimera’s wreck around my neck
Am
To start again, to dream again
Bm Am Em
To fix the things that cursed me from the start
Em
My father smiles (my father smiles)
Em
At me, the child (at me, the child)
Am
Now getting tired (now getting tired)
Am7
And losing drive (and losing drive)
Bm Am
The clarity that age has brought to me

Em Am Em
(x4)

Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am
Couldn’t care less if I was to die

Em Am Em

Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am Em Am Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die, whoa

Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am. Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die (ah)
Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am. Em Am Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die, whoa

Solo

Em Am Em
These the things I did with my gifts
Em Am Em Am Em
This the way I loved and I lived
Em Am Em
These the things I did with my gifts
Em Am Em
This the way I loved and I lived

Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die
Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die, whoa
Am
I’m afraid to be happy and I
Am Em
Couldn’t care less if I was to die

Em
Washed up on the shore
Em
Don’t need you no more
Em
Chimera wreck will slip into the bottleneck
Em
Washed up on the shore
Em
Don’t need you no more
Em
Chimera wreck will slip into the bottleneck
Em
Washed up on the shore
Em
Don’t need you no more
Em
Chimera wreck will slip into the bottleneck