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