Key: D
Introduction:
Dm7 C/D
Like father, like son
Dm7 C/D
Not flesh nor fish nor bone, a red rag hangs from an open mouth
Dm7 C/D
Alive at both ends but a little dead in the middle
Em7/A F#m7/A
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Em7/A F#m7/A
could never put a smile on that face
(2) follows the same pattern as (1)
F Am7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Mirror mirror on the wall
Eb Bb F
his heart was broken long before he ever came to you
Am7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Stop your tears from falling
Eb Bb F
The trail they leave is very clear for all to see at night
Am7
all to see at night
(to "chorus")
B4 B F#m
All in all you are a very dying race
A E
Placing trust upon a cruel world
B
You never had the things you thought you should have had
F#m
and you'll not get them now
A E B
and all the while in perfect time your tears are falling on the ground