Intro
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[Verse 1]
A A D
Another day that don't end
D A A D
Another ship goin' out
D D D G
Another day of anger
G D D G
Bitterness and doubt
G A A D
I know how it happened
D A A D
I saw it begin
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I opened my heart to the world and the world came in
[Verse 2]
E A A D
Hello Mary Lou
D A A D
Hello Miss Pearl
D D D G
My fleet-footed guides
G A A D
From the underworld
A A A D
No stars in the sky
D A A D
Shine brighter than you
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You girls mean business and I do too
[Verse 3]
A A D
Well I'm the enemy of treason
D A A D
Enemy of strife
D D D G
Enemy of the unlived
G D D G
Meaningless life
G A A D
I ain't no false prophet
D A A D
I just know what I know
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I go where only the lonely can go
[Verse 4]
E7 A A D
I'm first among equals
D A A D
Second to none
D D D G
Last of the best
G D D G
You can bury the rest
G A A D
Bury 'em naked
D A A D
With their silver and gold
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Put them six feet under and pray for their souls
[Verse 5]
E7 A A D
What are you lookin' at
D A A D
There's nothing to see
D D D G
Just a cool breeze
G D D G
That's encircling me
G A A D
Let's go for a walk in the garden
D A A D
So far and so wide
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We can sit in the shade by the fountain-side
[Solo]
E7 A A D
D A A D
D A A D
D A A D
[Verse 6]
D A A D
I search the world over
D A A D
For the Holy Grail
D D D G
I sing songs of love
G D D G
I sing songs of betrayal
G A A D
Don't care what I drink
D A A D
I Don't care what I eat
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I climbed the mountains of swords on my bare feet
[Verse 7]
E7 A A D
You don't know me darlin'
D A A D
You never would guess
D D D G
I'm nothing like my ghostly
G D D G
Appearance would suggest
G A A D
I ain't no false prophet
D A A D
I just said what I said
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I'm just here to bring vengeance on somebody's head
[Verse 8]
E7 A A D
Put out your hand
D A A D
There's nothing to hold
D D D G
Open your mouth
G D D G
I'll stuff it with gold
G A A D
Oh you poor devil
D A A D
Look up if you will
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The city of God is there on the hill
[Solo]
E7 A A D
D A A D
D A A D
D A A D
[Verse 9]
E7 A A D
Hello stranger
D A A D
Hello and goodbye
D D D G
You ruled the land
G D D G
But so do I
G A A D
You lusty old mule
D A A D
You got a poison brain
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I'll marry you to a ball and chain
[Verse 10]
E7 A A D
You know darlin'
D A A D
The kind of life that I live
D D D G
When your smile meets my smile
G D D G
Something's got to give
G A A D
I ain't no false prophet
D A A D
No I'm nobody's bride
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Can't remember when I was born and I forgot when I died
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E7 A A D
D A A D
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