Portrait Of A Dead Girl Chords by The Last Dinner Party

[Intro]

D F#m D A
D F#m A D
 
 
[Verse]

D       F#m D         A
When you    laid like a wolf
D        F#m A       D
With your    head on my lap
D      F#m              D   A
I felt like one of those portraits
   D        F#m       
Of women protected by 
  A          D 
a beast on a chain 
D        F#m D A
They look    so safe
  D        F#m A          D
A guard dog    there just for her
   D        F#m          D 
If only she knew that with 
          A
one wrong move
      D     F#m       
He'll turn around and 
A           D
tear off her hands
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

      D        C#m         
And I wish you had given me 
    G      D
the courtesy
   A
Of ripping out my throat
      A         
And I wish that 
  C#m              G        D
I let you have the dignity
   A
Of letting me go
 
 
[Chorus]

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

D       F#m D        
He's got    letters on 
A
his fist
D     F#m
R-I-D-E
  A              D
A triumph on his hips
D        F#m
He looks like one of those
D    A
 Film stars
       D           F#m
With a blow up doll
      A  D
And a BB gun
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

      D          C#m       
And I wish you had given me 
    G      D
the courtesy
   A
Of staying one more night
      A           C#m
And I wish that I had the goods
    G       D
The dignity
   A
To put up a fight
 
 
[Chorus]

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

A C D
D Am F D
A C D
D Am F D
A C D

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: D
• Chords: D, F#m, A, C#m, G, Am, F, C
• BPM: 79
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Portrait Of A Dead Girl
• Artist: The Last Dinner Party
• Written by The Last Dinner Party
• Produced by James Ellis Ford
• Album: Prelude To Ecstasy
• Released Date: 2 February 2024

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