Em Em D D   Am                 C          Am   Em G Em Em
           Semi-precious stone   for Cassandra
D                   F            D    Em Em D D
Semi-precious stone   for your drugs
Am                  C        Am    Em G Em Em
Semi-precious stone   for science
D                   F           D    
Semi-precious stone   for your kiss
                                  C
But I am standing on a pile of diamonds
                       G
That I would like to submit
Em         D    Am
For your totem poles


[Verse 2]
Em Em D D  Am                  C          Am  Em G Em Em
           For every time we hated the police
D                         F            D  Em Em D D
Or had to get out of the city to get free
Am                    C                Am  Em G Em Em
A semi-precious stone, semi-precious stone
D                    F              D
For every thumb we ran along the crease
                              C
I am standing on a pile of diamonds
                       G          Em Em D D Am
That i would like to submit, woo!


[Bridge]
      Am               C
And lover, it was so windy
      G                             Am
The night was filled with furious trees
                                       C
The streets were strewn with broken branches
      G                            Am
Oh, save me from this conspiring breeze


[Chorus]
              Am
This is the sound
              C
This is the sound
              G
This is the sound
              Am
This is the sound
              Am
This is the sound
              C
This is the sound
        G                   Am
Of the sky foaming at the mouth

Am C G Am x2


[Verse 3]
              Am
This is the sound that I choose to make, now
              C
This is the sound that I choose to make
G
Surrounded with tools and
             Am
No longer suitable for carving faces
          Am
Swinging down, through the air
          C
Like a branch, through the air
           G
Until my basic human bones
             Am
Are like a hammer, like a hammer on a semi-precious stone


[Chorus]
              Am
This is the sound
              C
This is the sound
              G
This is the sound
              Am
This is the sound
              Am
This is the sound
              C
This is the sound
        G                   Am
Of the sky foaming at the mouth

Am C G Am x2

F     E x3


[Outro]
    C                   Am      
So hey, you can keep Cassandra
F                 G
And you can keep your kiss
C                      Am
You should save your energy
         F         G
For the new apocalypse
      Am
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!