I’m going crazy trying to find chords for this song! It’s so good! I’d love to learn how to play it!!!

omg,, this is really lovely <33 you've gained a follower ♥

i had this stuck in my head forever and went nuts trying to find it again

I can’t find any chords for it online! Is there any way you could possibly post some? I’m sure a lot of us would appreciate it! <3

SURPRISE. Things were getting a little stale around here.

I wrote this back in 2015, just before starting uni and realised that even though I sing and play this song all the time, I've never once shared it online with my followers, so here you go!

This is Black Roof, in which the ruthless worries that keep you awake at night are personified as troublesome ghosties.

LYRICS:

At night, when the earth has gone still,
There's a house on the top of a hill in mind
With the roof painted black,
The walls and the windows to hide all the dirt and the cracks

And with shelves full of dust
That I once cleaned every morning
No, I cannot adjust
When change is always dawning

At night, when the sky has gone dark
Filling with stars as the moon turns away and the bark
Curls away from the trees
As I plead for mercy, I'm up and then down on my knees

And they walk through the walls
They ascend absent stairways
And they cry in the halls
Keeping sweet dreams at bay

I can't mute the static
I can't breathe in this air
I've been cleaning my attic
But the ghosts don't seem to care

They remain; banging my old pots and pans
Howling and screaming as loud as they can
And again, I can do nothing but weep
'Cos I can't stand the noise and I just want to sleep

Just want to sleep

At night, when the earth has gone still.

Black Roof (Rough Recording)

Blunt and merciless singer/songwriter based in London, who rarely says what she thinks, so she just sings it instead. Loudly. And with vigour.

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