Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Another day that don't end
C G G C
Another ship goin' out
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Another day of anger
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Bitterness and doubt
F G G C
I know how it happened
C G G C
I saw it begin
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I opened my heart to the world and the world came in
[Verse 2]
D G G C
Hello Mary Lou
C G G C
Hello Miss Pearl
C C C F
My fleet-footed guides
F G G C
From the underworld
G G G C
No stars in the sky
C G G C
Shine brighter than you
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You girls mean business and I do too
[Verse 3]
G G C
Well I'm the enemy of treason
C G G C
Enemy of strife
C C C F
Enemy of the unlived
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Meaningless life
F G G C
I ain't no false prophet
C G G C
I just know what I know
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I go where only the lonely can go
[Verse 4]
D7 G G C
I'm first among equals
C G G C
Second to none
C C C F
Last of the best
F C C F
You can bury the rest
F G G C
Bury 'em naked
C G G C
With their silver and gold
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Put them six feet under and pray for their souls
[Verse 5]
D7 G G C
What are you lookin' at
C G G C
There's nothing to see
C C C F
Just a cool breeze
F C C F
That's encircling me
F G G C
Let's go for a walk in the garden
C G G C
So far and so wide
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We can sit in the shade by the fountain-side
[Solo]
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C G G C
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[Verse 6]
C G G C
I search the world over
C G G C
For the Holy Grail
C C C F
I sing songs of love
F C C F
I sing songs of betrayal
F G G C
Don't care what I drink
C G G C
I Don't care what I eat
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I climbed the mountains of swords on my bare feet
[Verse 7]
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You don't know me darlin'
C G G C
You never would guess
C C C F
I'm nothing like my ghostly
F C C F
Appearance would suggest
F G G C
I ain't no false prophet
C G G C
I just said what I said
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I'm just here to bring vengeance on somebody's head
[Verse 8]
D7 G G C
Put out your hand
C G G C
There's nothing to hold
C C C F
Open your mouth
F C C F
I'll stuff it with gold
F G G C
Oh you poor devil
C G G C
Look up if you will
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The city of God is there on the hill
[Solo]
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C G G C
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C G G C
[Verse 9]
D7 G G C
Hello stranger
C G G C
Hello and goodbye
C C C F
You ruled the land
F C C F
But so do I
F G G C
You lusty old mule
C G G C
You got a poison brain
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I'll marry you to a ball and chain
[Verse 10]
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You know darlin'
C G G C
The kind of life that I live
C C C F
When your smile meets my smile
F C C F
Something's got to give
F G G C
I ain't no false prophet
C G G C
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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