Key: G major
Verse 1
D
G
Clumsy, clumsy
No paragon am I
I can't even keep my shoes
Interlude 1
tied
Gsus4
G
Verse 2
D
G
I heard the strains of Psalm
Em
G
21
Standing between the choirs
As they sang, "Laudate Dominum,
Verse 3
but I left it in the pocket of
D
G
Am
my other jeans
G
Am
I don't know what your devotion means
Verse 4
Am
G
And up, upon the summit I can see
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Em
G
The one I worshipped as a boy
The Creator, The Great White Noise
G
Interlude 3
Gm
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D
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Gsus4
Verse 5
Gsus4
G
The chests are empty, the coffers too
They float in the flood, and so will you,
Interlude 4
I swear, so will you
Gm
G
D
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Gm
Verse 6
Eb
Cm
Eb
Cm
"Your light is spent! Your
Eb
Gm
F
light is spent!" I cried
Bb
Cm
When you think,
F
Gm
Bb
"Everything's gonna be all right"
Cm
F
Gm
Just before the hero gets a bullet
Interlude 5
Cm
F
Gm
Bb
D
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Verse 7
Whizzing off the clifftop
Listening for the spatter,
D
G
thirty floors below
Down come the vultures
I will not be your fuel anymore
Verse 8
G
D
G
D
Now the author has been si lenced,
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D
G
Am
how will they ever decipher me?
words and are convinced
D
Am
You never even knew me
Verse 9
Am
G
I draw a bruise on your
brawny shoulder
D
G
Em
Scratch my fingers
Outro 1
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Am
D
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Dm
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