Key: C
Introduction:
C Am
This graveyard hides a million secrets,
C Am
And the trees know more than they can tell.
C F
The ghosts of the saints and the scholars will haunt you,
G C
In heaven and in hell.
C Am
Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man, the holy man,
C Am
And livin' in the shadows, in the shadows of a gunman.
C F
Rattled like the coppers in your greasy till,
G C
Rattled until time stood still.
C Am
Look over your shoulder, hear the school bell ring,
C Am
Another day of made-to-measure history.
C F
I don't care if your heroes have wings,
G C
Your terrible beauty has been torn.
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we fickle hearted,
F E C G
As you are now so once were we.
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted,
F E D G
With graces imparting bring flowers to thee.
The girls in the kips proclaim their love for you
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we fickle hearted,
F E C G
As you are now so once were we.
Am G F G
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted,
F E D G
With graces imparting bring flowers to thee.