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