Portrait of a Dead Girl Chords by The Last Dinner Party

[Start]

[Intro]
D F#m A D F#m A Dmaj7
■ ■   ■ ■ ■   ■ ■    


[Verse]
         F#m Dmaj7       A   
When you ■   laid like a wolf
D    F#m  A       Dmaj7 
With your head on my lap
D      F#m               Dmaj7     A
I felt like one of those portraits ■
D        F#m            A          D    
Of women protected by a beast on a chain
     F#m  Dmaj7 A   
They look so    safe
  D     F#m A     D           
A guard dog built just for her
            F#m            D   A         
If only she knew that with one wrong move
D          F#m        A            D    
He'll turn around and tear off her hands
               C#m              G       
And I wish you had given me the courtesy
A                       
Of ripping out my throat
                    C#m     Amaj7 G           D
And I wish that I'd let you have  the dignity ■
A7              
Of letting me go


[Chorus]
D                            A   
■ I break apart without your arms
                             F     
The smell of soap and petrol smarts
                      D7     
Let me feed you to my friends
D             A    
Over and over again
                              C    
Let my last words be our last dance
                             D    
I'd die for you no questions asked
Dsus4           D      
If anyone could kill me
Dsus4                D   Dsus4
It probably would be you ■    


[Verse]
D        F#m D          A       
He's got ■   letters on his fist
D    F#m
RIDE ■  
  A          D       
A triumph on his hips
Dmaj7    F#m               Dmaj7 A    
He looks like one of those film  stars
       D      F#m 
With a blowup doll
      A  D  
And a BB gun
               C#m7         G   D       
And I wish you had given me the courtesy
A                        
Of staying one more night
                  C#m              Amaj7 G      
And I wish that I had the guts the ■     dignity
D A7               
■ To put up a fight


[Chorus]
D                          A   
I break apart without your arms
                             F     
The smell of soap and petrol smarts
                      D7     
Let me feed you to my friends
              A    
Over and over again
            A7                     
Let my last words be our last dance
C                            D    
I'd die for you no questions asked
   D                   
If anyone could kill me
Dsus4                   
It probably would be you
D                                 A   
Don't have the strength to pin me down
                          F    
The time I wasted in your mouth
                              D    
Waves that crash against your chest
              A    
Over and over again
                                   C    
I kissed your eyes and framed your teeth
                             D  
As you crawled back into the sea
D                      
Oh anyone could kill me
                             D  
And I'd never ever let it be you


[Bridge]
A F D A C D G
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■


[Chorus]
     A                       F           
Give me the strength give me the strength
     D               A                   
Give me the strength give me the strength
        C            D           D7      
Give me the strength give me the strength


[Outro]
D           A        F       D           
Give me the strength give me the strength
                     A       C           
Give me the strength give me the strength
                                 D       
Give me the strength give me the strength