Key: D
Introduction:
Dm
verse 1
Gm
If you're never sorry
Dm Bb
Then you can't be forgiven
C
If you're not forgiven
A Dm
Then you can't be forgotten
A
If you're not forgotten
Dm
Then you can live forever
D
If you live forever
A Dm
Then you'll begin to dream
Bb A Dm
Of death, death, death, death
Bb A Dm
Death...
F Dm F
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
Dm
Asked me which books as of late I've read
G
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
A Bb
Asked me which books as of late I've read
Gm
Asked me if I've, uh, read his own
A Dm
And whether I could spare a pound
Gm
Of flesh to cover his bare bones
A Bb
I says, "Man, take a pound, take two
Gm
What's a pound of flesh between
A Dm
Friends like me and you?
Bb A Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
Bb A Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?"
verse 2
F Dm Fm
But if you're never sorry
F Dm
If you're never sorry
Gm
If you're never sorry
A Bb
Then you can't be forgiven
G
If you're not forgiven
D A Dm
Then you can't be forgotten
A
If you're not forgotten
D
Then you must live forever
If you live forever
A Dm
You cannot be reborn
C
If you're not reborn then
A Bb
You can't be a baby
F C
If you're not a baby
A Dm
You can't learn how to crawl
A
If you cannot crawl away
Bb
Then you must stay in bed all day
F A
If you stay in bed all day
Dm
You're sure to have some visitors
G
Ezra Pound will sit upon your bed
A Bb
Ask you which books as of late you've read
F G
Ask you if you've, uh, read his own
A Dm
And whether you could spare a pound
G
Of flesh to cover his bare bones
A Bb
You'll say, "Man, take a pound, take two
G
What's a pound of flesh between
A Dm
Friends like me and you?
Bb A Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
Bb A Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
Bb A Dm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?"