Violet's Tale Chords by Ren

[Start]

[Intro]
Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7 G F
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Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7 Dm Dm7 Gmaj7 Dm
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C Dm C Dm Bb Dm F G
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F Fmaj7 Dm F G Fmaj7 Am Dm
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[Verse]
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London City far from pretty
Dm                   
Twozerozerominus five
  Dm                     
A lady down in Paddington
Dm                            
Is fighting just to stay alive
                   Dm                 
Rhythmic beeps and bloodstained sheets
                     Dm             
Our lady weeps she's tired and frail
                 Dm            
To set the scene we must rewind
             G                     
The hands of time for Violet's tale


[Inst]
F7 Dm Am Dm Am Dm
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[Verse]
             Am         
Violet was a silent girl
                     Dm    
Grew up with violent starts
                 Am     
Her mother was a drinker
                     Dm     
And her father was a bastard
                      C        
Every night he'd tuck her tight
                   Am  
But never left the room
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I'll spare you of the things he did
Dm                      
I'm sure her mother knew
             Dm         
Violet was a silent girl
                 A7     
She moved out at sixteen
Dm                         
A semidetached council flat
              Dm           
Paid for by a welfarescheme
                   Dm     
Packing shelves at Tesco's
                           A7    
Stacking jars like pickled bricks
Dm                        
She met a boy named Stevie
                    Dm   
And he was a little prick


[Chorus]
                    Am  
Violet was a silent girl
               Am       
And Violet she fell fast
           Am            
See Stevie was a wrongin'
                     Am7         
But he sure knew how to charm her
      Dm                       
Every night he'd tuck her tight
Am                     
But never left the room
Dm                    
History repeats itself
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He'd paint her black and blue and ah ■ 
Am        G             
She never stood a chance
    G7             Dm   
The Devil comes to dance
Dm                            
Violet why you always so quiet


[Verse]
                             Dm   
On her bedroom door and he's irate
          Dm7                       Dm     
He's been drinking and smoking he's up late
                             Dm        
And he stands by her bedside she shakes
Dm                    
But her eyes stay shut
    Dm                           
You fucking slut I know you're up
       Dm                                   
And he pinches her eyelids and folds them up
Dm                               
Violet why you lying to me Violet
Dm                                  
She stays silent things turn violent
           Dm                                                     
That's the sound of his fists when they fall like a crashing pilot
Dm                 
Hit like hailstones
    Am7                                   
One to the collarbone full force fullblown
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Blood splat bone crack knickknackpaddywhack
    Am                          N.C.    
One to the jaw and a tooth spat detached
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Fist connects and disconnects the bone
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A quick deflect to misdirect the blow
N.C.                                      
But nonetheless his punches met her throat
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Such a mess he's left her bruised and broke
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Violet why you always so quiet Violet
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Why you such a little liar Violet
N.C.                                 
Do you think I want to do this Violet
N.C.                         
In character she stays silent
N.C.                             
Well say something Violet silence
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Fucking say something Violet silence
N.C.                     
Wait say something Violet
                       Am    Dm
Not one word she stays quiet ■ 


[Intro]

[Verse]
            Dm             
London City far from pretty
                 Dm  
Twozerozerominus five
                 Dm        
A lady rushed to Paddington
                    Dm        
Is fighting just to stay alive
                      Dm      
The doctor in a state of shock
                      Dm        
Saw something here so very wrong
                   Dm      
See Violet she was pregnant
                    Dm              
Poor Violet she was nine months gone
               Dm    
Turning to the doctor
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Violet broke her silence and she cried
       Dm                F      
If I'm to die right here tonight
                        G    
Please let my baby stay alive
    Dm                   F        
The doctor soon regained composure
                      G      
Called the surgeon to come in
                  G              
As Violet's world turned to black
    F              
The curtains closed
G                  
The lights went dim


[Chorus]
Asus4                         
In London City far from pretty
Bb               Dm  
Twozerozerominus five
               Dm        
A lady down in Paddington
              G                  
Just lost the fight to stay alive
  Dm                  
A tragedy or a miracle
   F                 G           
It happened on these very streets
Dm                       N.C.   
Two twins are lying side by side


[End]
N.C.              
A girl named Jenny
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And a boy named Screech