Cigarettes & Saints — The Wonder Years
Chords and lyrics for Cigarettes & Saints by The Wonder Years (key of C).
Verse 1
Twice a [C]week I pass by the [Am]church that held your funeral
and the [G]pastor’s words come [F]pouring down like [C]rain.
How he [C]called you a sinner but said [Am]now you walk with Jesus,
so the [G]drugs that took your [F]life aren’t gonna [C]cause you any pain.
[G]I don’t think he [F]even knew your [C]name.
[G]I refused to [F]kneel or pray. [C]I won’t [G]remember you [F]that way
but I lit you a [C]candle in every [G]cathedral across [F]Europe.
I [G]hope you know you’re [F]still my patron [C]saint.
I [C]tried to [Am]forgive but I can’t [G]forget the [F]cigar in his fist.
I [G]know that they were [F]heartsick but I [C]need someone to blame
and I know how they [G]blame me. [F]I know what [C]you’d say.
You’d [G]tell me it was [F]your fault. I should [C]put all my [G]arrows [F]away.
I’m sure there ain’t a [C]heaven,[G]
but that don’t mean [Am]I don’t like to [G]picture you [F]there.
I [G]bet you’re bumming [F]cigarettes off [C]saints.
I’m sure you’re [C]still singing[G]
but I’ll bet that you’re [Am]still just a [G]bit out of [F]key.
With that [G]crooked smile pushing [F]words across your [C]teeth.
You were [Am]heat [G]lightning.
You were a [C]storm that [G]never rolled [F]in.
You were the [Am]northern lights in a [G]southern town, a [C]caustic fleeting [F]thing.
I’ll bury your [Am]memories in the [G]garden;
I’ll watch them [C]grow with the [G]flowers in the [F]spring.
I’ll keep you with [C]me.
[C] [F] [C] [F]
[C]These wolves in their suits and ties
[F]saying “kid you can trust me.”
[C]Charming southern drawl, sunken eyes.
[F]Buying good will in hotel lobbies.
[C]They got fistfuls of pills to make sure you don’t [F]hurt no more.
You don’t gotta feel anything.
[C]Got their fangs in our veins.
Got their voice in our [F]heads.
Got our arms in their [F]grips.
No, we can’t shake free.
[C]This god damn machine; hungry and [F]heartless.
My whole generation got lost in the [C]margin.
We put our faith in you. You turned a [F]profit.
Now we’re drowning here under your [C]waves.[F]
Drowning held under your [C]waves.[F]
Drowning here. Drowning here.
[C]You can’t have my friends. You can’t have my [F]brothers.
You can’t have my friends. You can’t have my [C]brothers.
You can’t have my friends. You can’t have my [F]brothers.
You can’t have me. No, you can’t have me.[C]
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