Key: A
Introduction:
A F#m
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I walked by harborview hospital
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I heard the agnus dei
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oh sister of mercy
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I've been gone too long to say
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and all around this place i was a sad disgrace
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they're singing, they're singing
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away up on the hill
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they're building, they're building
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a mystical union, beautiful and still
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but down here in the dirt they'll say it doesn't hurt
Instrumental
A-F#m-A-F#m-E-D-A-F#m
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the devil's ascended
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upon some crystal wings
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in the citadel lightning
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splits a cloud of butterflies and fiends
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and with a vacant stare i'll leave a flower there
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they're riding, they're riding
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a hellhound down the hill
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they're sinking, they're sinking
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into the ocean, beautiful and still
E D A
and yet it's hard to leave in wealth or poverty
Instrumental
A-F#m-A-F#m-E-D-A-F#m
A
I walked by harborview hospital
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and stopped at ninth and james
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oh sister of mercy
F#m
I've been down too far to say
E D A
are they supposed to be as sick as you and me?
OUTRO
A-F#m-A-F#m-E-D-A