Key: A
Introduction:
A Em G Gm
All the latest toughs, you've got to shrug them off or shut them off
D Em G Gm
With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof, ask for proof,
A D Em G
because if you're dying to be led they'll lead you up the hill in chains to their popular refrains
Bm Em G
Until your slaughter's been arranged, my little lamb, and it's much too late to talk
A D
the knife out of their hands
verse 2
D Em G Gm
Well, I woke up on a foggy morning. Hiding from the sun, he was hiding from the sun
D Em G Gm
But it came out and it shot its rays down. Burning everyone, it was burning everyone
A G D Em G
But they were dying, anyway, to turn to ash, to feel their feelings flash and finally fade away
Gm
In a fabulous and fiery display
Em G DA
verse 3
Em G
Look, though, I don't know what notes you want to hear played
D A Em G
I can't think what lines you'd like me to sing or say, and I'm not sure what subjects you want mentioned
D A Em G
So pause and add your own intentions. Let's pause and add our own, let's pause and add our own
D A
let's pause and add our own intentions, right now
Em Gm
You were hiding from the sun
verse 4
D Em G
All the latest toughs, well, we have seen that stuff
Gm D Em G
And we have seen enough blood in dying coughs, which means that we have lost
Gm A G Em G
We have lost, and if you're crying to be tossed they'll toss you down the oubliette with all the old things
A Bm E G A
that You let yourself forget because you'd like to love a star who'd throw you down below the ground
D
he thinks you are