Key: G
Introduction:
G D C G
Oh, yonder stands the prophet, words are music to our ears
G D C D
But down among the sinners, only pain and sweat and tears
Em C G D
Oh, the sermon soothes the simple but the rest are rapt with fear
Em C G D Em C G D G
Ohhhh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial
G D C G
In the best laid plans of history lie the ruins of the past
G D C D
And a chronicle of suffering shows the mythic pall they cast
Em C G D
To believe is true religion but to see is truth at last
Em C G D Em G C G D G
Ohhhh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial
SOLO ...
Em C G D Em C G D G
Ohhhh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial
Em G C G D G
No, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial
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