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