Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Another day that don't end
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Another ship goin' out
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Another day of anger
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Bitterness and doubt
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I know how it happened
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I saw it begin
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I opened my heart to the world and the world came in
[Verse 2]
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Hello Mary Lou
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Hello Miss Pearl
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My fleet-footed guides
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From the underworld
C C C F
No stars in the sky
F C C F
Shine brighter than you
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You girls mean business and I do too
[Verse 3]
C C F
Well I'm the enemy of treason
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Enemy of strife
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Enemy of the unlived
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Meaningless life
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I ain't no false prophet
F C C F
I just know what I know
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I go where only the lonely can go
[Verse 4]
G7 C C F
I'm first among equals
F C C F
Second to none
F F F A#
Last of the best
A# F F A#
You can bury the rest
A# C C F
Bury 'em naked
F C C F
With their silver and gold
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Put them six feet under and pray for their souls
[Verse 5]
G7 C C F
What are you lookin' at
F C C F
There's nothing to see
F F F A#
Just a cool breeze
A# F F A#
That's encircling me
A# C C F
Let's go for a walk in the garden
F C C F
So far and so wide
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We can sit in the shade by the fountain-side
[Solo]
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[Verse 6]
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I search the world over
F C C F
For the Holy Grail
F F F A#
I sing songs of love
A# F F A#
I sing songs of betrayal
A# C C F
Don't care what I drink
F C C F
I Don't care what I eat
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I climbed the mountains of swords on my bare feet
[Verse 7]
G7 C C F
You don't know me darlin'
F C C F
You never would guess
F F F A#
I'm nothing like my ghostly
A# F F A#
Appearance would suggest
A# C C F
I ain't no false prophet
F C C F
I just said what I said
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I'm just here to bring vengeance on somebody's head
[Verse 8]
G7 C C F
Put out your hand
F C C F
There's nothing to hold
F F F A#
Open your mouth
A# F F A#
I'll stuff it with gold
A# C C F
Oh you poor devil
F C C F
Look up if you will
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The city of God is there on the hill
[Solo]
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[Verse 9]
G7 C C F
Hello stranger
F C C F
Hello and goodbye
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You ruled the land
A# F F A#
But so do I
A# C C F
You lusty old mule
F C C F
You got a poison brain
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I'll marry you to a ball and chain
[Verse 10]
G7 C C F
You know darlin'
F C C F
The kind of life that I live
F F F A#
When your smile meets my smile
A# F F A#
Something's got to give
A# C C F
I ain't no false prophet
F C C F
No I'm nobody's bride
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Can't remember when I was born and I forgot when I died
[Solo]
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[Fade]
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