Standard tuning
The picking pattern varies a bit throughout the song, but here is the main idea.
The B in the chords below signifies the root note transition, not the actual chord
(which would be a G if you decided to play it out).
Main picking pattern:
CEmAmAmB/G
e|--------0----------------0----------------------------------------------------|
B|-(1)--------1---1----------------0--------1-------1--------1------------------|
G|----0---------0------0-------0--------2-------2--------2-------2---0----------|
D|------2---2------------2-------2--------2---2---2--------2--------------------|
A|--3----------------2-------2--------0----------------0-------0---2------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
CEmAmAmBC
I'm not sure how these marks came to be on my heart
EmAmAmBC
in your bed as I slept with the devil had a brawl
EmAmAmBC
when I awoke prayed to god it had been but a draw
EmAmAmBC
oh my what more of a mess I will be if I've lost
FFCE
now I dream of the sky running towards me, liquid like an ocean
FFCE
my little brother is there and I carry him like a newborn
FFCE
it seems I'm always lifting him to escape from rabid beasts and storms
FFC
behind my eyelids he is light - he's the weight of a quarter
EE
but in daylight he is broad and older
CEmAmAmBC
oh lord, call me back, back to you I will come,
EmAmAmBC
seal my soul like an envelope, use your spit lick it shut
EmAmAmBC
bring your knives, use your tools, perform open heart
EmAmAmBC
the water is scalding, so cold that it burns
EmAmAmBC
but when I lay in your likeness how you slay all my hurt
Em (Am)
all my hurt, all my hurt