Key: B
Introduction:
B G G# D C# E F A
(repeat above x2)
A B A B D C B A G
(repeat above x2)
(verse 1)
A C# E A D
Hungry mouths to feed,
G A
Sick aggregate.
C# G# B F#
Sworn in, scorning,
C# F# D
Fast and just wheezing for air.
A B
And hail.
A C# E A D
Golden phrasing I,
G A
Lights and principles.
C# G# B F#
On-ly squeaking.
C# F# D A
Luck's ferocious left hand,
B
Stalled.
Eb Bb C# G# E A Eb
Now mult-i-ply a ten-strong baying million,
F C D A
All charred, all hearts full of hurting.
F Bb C
Testifying in me.
(SOLO - basically the main verse melody with wah pedal and a bit of tremolo picking here and there)
A C# E A D
Thwart this ditzy scene,
G A
Gilded capital.
C# G# B F#
Hanging, swinging,
C# F# D
Loss of fury, heed, loss of spark.
A B
Raise! Pull!
Eb Bb C# G# E A Eb
Now mult-i-ply a ten-strong baying million,
F C D A
All charred, all hearts full of hurting.
F Bb C
Testifying in me.
Eb Bb C# G# E A Eb
Please calming time and disarm to cease this lynching army,
F C D A
Bad hour, condemned and revolting,
F Bb C
Lasting out not shortly.
Eb Bb C# G# E A Eb
All ranting, merciless chanting, smash my legs beneath me,
F C D A
Lives darkly, this is the moment,
F Bb C
Honest, this is rid me.