WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Arroyo Deathmatch - Swimming The Witch Chords | Ver. 1
Intro: Fm / Fm / Fm / Ab F# x4
Verse:
Fm
Created the false dichotomy,
Fm
between Lilith and Mary,
Fm
choked out by patriarchy,
Ab F#
and told a lie of genetic prophecy,
Fm
f**k your test to see if we fit the mold,
Fm
witches will scream until our stories are told.
Fm
born of western cultural fears,
Ab F#
under the boot for ten thousand years.
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Fm Fm / Fm F#
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Ab / F#
Chorus:
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a b**ch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name [all over this town.]
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a b**ch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name all over this town.
Bridge (fast):
Fm Fm F# Fm x2
Fm Fm F# Fm
In the streets they call you out and tell you what you're worth
Fm Fm F# Fm
a piece of meat to scrutinize, a commodity since birth
Fm Fm F# Fm
feel the pressure to walk that straight and narrow line
Fm Fm F# Fm
to resist this gendered prison would be your greatest crime
Fm Fm F# Fm
because if you dare to live your life and forget that weight of shame
Fm Fm F# Fm
they'll pull your hair and call you sl*t and submerge your head again
Fm Fm F# Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
Fm Fm F# Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
Fm Fm F# Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
Fm Fm F# Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
Fm Fm F# Fm
they use your body against you while they hold their bodies against you
Fm Fm F# Fm
until it doesn't belong to you a symbol, object, tool
Chorus:
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a b**ch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name [all over this town.]
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a b**ch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name all over this town.
Verse:
Fm Ab F#
Be a sl*t be a prude, no matter you're rude
Fm Ab F#
from fishnets to ties, all I hear are your lies
Fm Ab F#
catcalls and grunts, lude gestures the works
Fm Ab F#
look at you who gets all the perks
Fm Ab F#
there's blood on our hands every 28 days
Fm Ab F#
but the pain that you spread sets the whole world ablaze
Fm Ab F#
I'm a dyke, I'm a femme, no matter I pick
Fm Ab F#
everyday it's my choice, I'll get blood on your dick
Chorus:
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a b**ch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name [all over this town.]
Fm Fm Fm F# Fm
They’ll hold your head under water and they’ll call you a b**ch,
Fm Fm F# Fm
if you can’t hold your breath it’s you’re a fault you’re a witch,
Fm Fm F# Ab
if you don’t succumb to the cold waters and drown,
F#
they’ll smear your name all over this town.
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Fm Fm / Fm F#
Fm Fm / Fm F# / Ab / F#
Verse:
Fm Fm
Destroy shame of your anatomy
Fm
decolonize your stolen body
Ab
reclaim your right to subjectivity
F# Fm
lay ruin to the false dichotomy
Fm
fight the cold waters by all means
Fm
to ignite this town in witches’ screams
Ab
go ahead girl go ahead, get down,
F# Fm
go ahead girl, go ahead, get down
