Intro
(first time thru play the riff by itself, next three times with chords underneath the riff)
F# C F# C x 4
[Verse 1]
F# C
The young man held a gun to the head of God,
F# C
Stick this holy cow,
F# C
Put the audience in action,
F# C
Let the slaughtered take a bow
F# C F# C x 2
[Verse 2]
F# C
The old mans words, white hot knives
F# C
Slicing through warm butter
F# C
The butter is the heart
F# C
The rancid peeling soul
F# C F# C x 2
[Bridge]
A# A# A# A# x2
A# A# A# A#
Scratch pictures on asylum walls
A# A# A# A#
Broken nails and match sticks huh
A# A# A# A# A# A# A# A#
Hypodermic, hypodermic, hypodermic, red fix
[Turnaround]
F# C F# C x 2
[Verse 3]
F# C
One mans poison is another mans meat
F# C
One mans agony another mans treat
F# C
Artaud lived with his neck
F# C
Placed properly in the noose
F# C
Eyes black with pain, limbs in
F# C
Clamps contorted
F# C
The theatre and its double
F# C
The void and the aborted
F# C F# C x 2
[Outro]
C
Those indians wank on his bones... (Repeat until end)