Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
Gsus2
D
A
Em
Asus4
D
A
Verse 1
Em
G
Gsus2
blew through the chapel door,
D
A
the priest lay sleeping still.
Em
G
His prayer book stained with whisky
Gsus2
D
A
lay where his last bottle spilled.
Em
Gsus2
The coloured glass threw red
D
A
and yellow patches on his skin.
C
G
Yellow for the tears of Christ,
Bm
A
Em
blood -red for his sin.
Gsus2
D
A
D
A
inside the sleeping man.
Em
Gsus2
Toxic dreams like poison
A
D
Gsus2
The traveller passing saw his light,
D
A
fu nereal and dim
C
G
And like a ghost returns to where he died,
Bm
A
Em
Gsus2
D
A
he wandered in
Gsus2
D
I am a hungry man
A
Em
Gsus2
I rode a hundred miles today,
A
Em
Gsus2
Bring me bread and bring me wine,
D
A
I see the whisky's done
C
G
The priest threw out a trembling hand
Bm
A
Em
Gsus2
D
A
and bid the stranger gone
Em
G
I will not leave, the traveller cried,
Gsus2
D
A
I have returned to you
Em
Gsus2
Do you not know your altar boy,
A
Em
Gsus2
You gave me faith, you touched my lips,
D
A
you soothed my bloodshot eyes
C
G
Now I'm back, a broken man,
Bm
A
to talk of truth and lies
Em
D
Gsus2
D
Asus4
A
Em
No, neither one you'll
A
Em
Gsus2
I need a drink, the cure at last,
D
A
I don't know what you need
D
Em
G
What faith I had is broken,
D
A
now my dreams are drowned in wine
G
Bm
that bitter fruit lies withered on
A
Em
Gsus2
D
A
the vine
D
G
The traveller shook the ragged man,
A
D
the dust and fleas dispersed.
A
D
and with your blessing cursed.
G
D
Those I've loved have been deceived,
G
D
my father's hopes, my mother's fears.
G
Gsus2
D
The faith of love is ill -conceived,
G
D
my brother's bruise is undeserved.
G
D
Dreams all build on drifting sand,
G
Gsus2
D
visions cast on broken wings
A
D
How can a young child understand
G
Bm
A
when magic dies and time's bell rings?
Em
G
D
A
Em
G
D
A
Em
Gsus2
stranger squeezed a fragile priest
D
A
until his face turned red
Em
Gsus2
what is the point in your dull life
D
A
if all belief is dead
Gsus2
D
A
the priest said life's as futile as you think
C
G
I can't provide the an swers,
A
Em
Gsus2
D
A
drink
Em
G
The wind blew through the chapel
Gsus2
D
A
where the priest was lying still
Em
G
Down the road a stranger ran,
Gsus2
D
A
his face ashen and dill
Em
Gsus2
Above the door he'd carved his words,
D
A
consider this a sign
1
C
G
Break the bread, heed the word,
Bm
A
C
but beware the holy wine.
Gsus2
Bm
A
C
G
Bm
A
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