Chords
In The Shadow Of The Western Hills

Key: D

Introduction:  Dm   Dm7M   G   C   B/C   Dm  

difficulty
intermediate |||||
   Dm                         Dm7M                     G 
Spread out the old maps on the floor
     C               B/C                   Dm 
Plot the course of the infection
     Dm                   Dm7M                     G 
Trace from its beginnings to the present
 C               B/C                                                           Dm 
Is there no one here who's making this connection?
 C                                           Dm 
Feral cats out by the trashcans
                   C                                                 Am 
To the true believer everything's a sign
                                                                 G 
Scrape the pigments from the baseboards
 A4         A                     Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills
 Dm                                                 Bb     A 
And paint my vision on my body
 A                                                       Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills
Verse: 2
 Dm                         Dm7M                     G 
Bleak rose-petal sky in two dimensions
 C                                     B/C                                       Dm 
Black tree line a blade that cuts across it all
 Dm                       Dm7M                                   G 
Can't seem to sleep or find my appetite
 C                   B/C                                   Dm 
Since I got home from the hospital
 G                                       Dm 
Call up Rebecca maybe try to explain
 G 
But she hangs up while I'm still talking
             A4                     A 
I walk out into the rain
 Dm                     Dm7M                       G 
Wander from the alley to the darkness
 C               B/C                   Dm 
Sink down completely leave no trace
 Dm                       Dm7M                       G 
Trapped beneath the surface of the ice again
 C                                 B/C                               Dm 
Lie still with the moonlight on my face
 C                                                                 Dm 
Wait for the wolves to keep their promise
 C                                                                   A 
Listen for their footfalls on the snow
                                                                     G           A4 
I can't hear things clearly to be honest
 A                                                               Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills
 B                                                                   A 
He gets most healed that waits the longest
                                                                     Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills