Key: C
Introduction: C F C F C F C F
C F
As our rotting bodies
C F
Pay back the earth its love
C F
In a vile fleshy matter
C F
We'll crumble into dust
Em Am
I'll be picked up by the wind
Em Am
And blown into strangers eyes
Em Am
Defuse into their bodies
Em Am
And their tears when they cry
F C
Til I have 5000 people carry me
F C
Til I have 5000 people carry me
C F
Oscar and Lucy
C F
Will buy themselves a coffin
C F
Oh a single box of wood
C F
That together they will rot in
Em Am
And their bodies will decay
Em Am
And combine with one another
Em Am
Oh a single act of love
Em Am
Far greater than any other
F C
And in death they'll leave just a part of them
F C
Oh in death they'll leave one part of them
C F
Oh when I'm minerals in the soil
C F
I'll diffuse into a tree
C F
It'll have 5000 branches
C F
Which will have 5000 leaves
Em Am
And I'll be in every one
Em Am
Oh and when a leaf blows free
Em Am
I will land upon the earth
Em Am
And grow another tree
F C
Til I have 5000 trees made of me
F C
Til there are 5000 trees made of me
C
When Darkness surrounds me
F C
Oh when darkness surrounds me
G C
Oh when darkness is all I can see
C
When Darkness surrounds me
F C
Oh when darkness surrounds me
G C
Oh when darkness is all I can see
C
When Darkness surrounds me
F C
Oh when darkness surrounds me
G C
Oh when darkness is all I can see
C
When Darkness surrounds me
F C
Oh when darkness surrounds me
G C
Oh when darkness is all I can see
F C
I will have 5000 bodies
G
I will have 5000 trees
C
Which will have 5000 branches
G
Which will have 5000 leaves
C
And I will have 5000 lovers
G
And I'll have 5000 bees
C
Made of me