Vex Chords
Vex by Chelsea Wolfe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Bm, Bb, Dm, G, D and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Bm
hush
Bb Dm
ancient purr
Bm G Bb Bm
i swore off obsidian thoughts
Bb D Bm G Bb
and lay awake on broken glass
Bm Bb
i bled out more than once
Dm G Bb Bm
i drew the poison out
Bm Bb D Bm G
the scavenger feeds in hum of low sea
Bb Bm Bb
cast-off exuviae
Gm Bm Bb
in fragility
Bm Bb Dm Bm
i kept my head down and bit my tongue
G Bb Bm
until i tasted love
D Bb D D Bb Gm
rare form at the casement, for which i burn
Bm D Bb D
(rare form)
Bm D
perfect psychosis
G Bb
(for which i burn)
Bm
noiselessly whirrs
(the perfect psychosis)
Bm D
then hear the reflections
G Bb
(hear the reflections)
Bm D
the words they demean
G Bb
(then come destroyer
Bm D
then come destroyer)
G Bb
then come the destroyer
Bm D
(we’ll fight with claws and teeth)
G Bb
then we’ll fight with our claws & teeth