The Emperor In His War Room chords by Peter Hammill
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Verse 1
(E minor) (D major) (A minor) (E minor) Standing in the space
That holds the (A major) silent lace (E minor) of (G major) night
Away (F major) from you
You (E major) think that you can hold (E minor)
the searing mol (A major) ten gold (E minor) between
(G major) your fin (D minor) gers (F major) (E minor) (C major)
But it (D major) slips (E minor) through,
tearing ten (C major) dons as it goes
Expos (E minor) ing the white of a knuckle
Flesh (C major) and metal forming letters
in (D major) the (E minor) mold (A minor) (E minor)
Cradling your gun (E major) (E minor) (A minor)
(E major) After choos (A major) ing the (E minor) ones
you think (G major) should die (D minor)
(E minor) Lying on the (Esus4) hill,
(E major) (E minor) crawling over (A major) the win (G major) dowsill
into your (D minor) living room (E minor) (C major)
They (E minor) stare out, gloss -eyed,
(C major) needless heads
Bodies (D major) torn (E minor) by vultures
You (C major) are the man whose hands are rank
with the smell (E minor) of death (E major) (E minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major)
(E minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (E major) (E minor) (F major) (G major)
(A major) (A minor)
(E major) Complain (E minor) ing tongues are (E major) still
A (E minor) thousand (A major) mouths are
(E minor) filled with rusting (F major) metal
Your (E minor) face a (E major) shade of green
Somehow you try (A major) to speak (E minor) through all
the garbage (D minor) in your mouth (E minor) (C major)
But it won't (E major) come (E minor) out,
and you can (C major) not frame the words
As your (D major) (E minor) stepson
throws (C major) your fame into the flames
And you are burned (E minor)
Saviour (D major) of the fallen, (A minor)
(G major) pro (E minor) tector of (D major) the weak (A minor) , (G major)
friend (E minor) of (D major) the tall (A minor) ones, (G major)
keep (E minor) er of (D major) the peace. (G major) (E minor)
It's (F major) the only (G major) way home (A major) (E minor) (F major)
(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major)
(D major)
(A major) Live by sword and you shall (D major) die so
All (E major) (A major) your (E major) power (A major) shall (D major) come to naught
(Esus4) Every life you (A major) take is (D major) part of your own
(E major) Death, (A major) not power, is (D major) what you want (E major) (Esus4)
(A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (Esus4) (A major) (E major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) (D major) (E major)
(E minor) Cringing (E major) in (E minor) your room
As the out (F major) riders do (E minor) step
under (D minor) the threshold (G major) (E major)
Begging for your life
As (E minor) the (A minor) impartial knife (G major)
Sinks in your (F major) screaming
flesh (D minor) (E minor) (C major)
(D major) Without (E minor) malice,
merely taking (C major) murder's toll,
you (Dsus4) must (E minor) pay the price of (C major) hate, (E minor) (C major)
(E minor) an (C major) d that price is your (Dsus4) soul. (E minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor)
(D major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (Dsus4) (D major) (G major)
Live (E minor) in peace (F major) or (G major) die forever (A major)
in your own (E minor) room. you
The Emperor In His War Room
Peter Hammill
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