Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Ab
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Verse 1
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to things that don't exist
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Peering through the cutting wrist,
at grand old mother greedy
Rolling out the cotton ship,
upon the carpet pillow
Throttling children callously,
Verse 2
a messy day with Clancy
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Fm
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Db
Gideon lied and Gideon died
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The force of China felt
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Fm
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Gideon smiled as Gideon died
Verse 3
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Rolling out the golden robes and
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Stretching out the verbs and nouns
together in the greeting
Some that felt the blade often,
some deep confused emotion
Struck eye first against the wall
Verse 4
of China under fire.
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Fm
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Gideon lied and Gideon died
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The for ce of China felt
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Fm
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Gideon smiled as
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Gideon died
Outro 1
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