Key: E
Introduction:
E D G A
A (P.M.)
E D G A
1) There's a boy in crimson rags with a grimace and a spoon
E D A B
and a little sullen girl face-up staring at the moon
E D G C(P.M.)
And there's no one around to hear the lonesome cries
D(chunk)
Then they pass away alone into the night
2)Well you've seen the disease, suffering and decay
E B C D E
Why do we pity the dead?
E B C D A
Are you churned by emotion from the voices in your head
(Are you scared of the logic that swirls within your head - Chorus (2) )
E C G D
Look at all the living and you'll ask yourself why
E G D
Oh why do we pity the dead?
E G D C D E
Oh why do we pity the dead? Pity the dead
Chorus(3)
E G D
Oh why do we pity the dead?
E G D
why do we pity the dead?
E G D C D
why do we pity the dead?
E
Pity the dead
C D E C D E
Tell me what you see, tell me what you know
G(P.M.) D(P.M.)
Is there anyone who lives a painless life?
C(P.M.) D(P.M.) E(P.M.)
If there is, show me so
E D
The destitute and famished, demonic and the banished
( *) 2nd guitar plays E one octave higher and arpeggiated
E D
dejected and the ostracized, the brainwashed and the paralyzed
( *) 2nd guitar plays E one octave higher and arpeggiated
E C G D
the conquered and objectified, the few who see the other side
C D E
Tell me what you see
G(P.M.) D(P.M.) C DE
It's a mortal wretched cacophony - Let's go...