Key: Bb major
Intro 1
F#m
B
F#m
B
Verse 1
E
B
to things that don't exist
E
B
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
B
F#
G#m
F#
E
Gideon lied and Gideon died
F#
B
F#
B
The force of China felt
F#
G#m
F#
E
Gideon smiled as Gideon died
Verse 3
B
E
Rolling out the golden robes and
E
B
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.
B
F#
G#m
F#
E
Gideon lied and Gideon died
F#
B
F#
B
The for ce of China felt
F#
G#m
E
Gideon smiled as
G#m
E
F#
E
Gideon died
Outro 1
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
F#m
B
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