OCCIDENT

Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1) 
Mercy me, the night is long.
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)Eb (x43121@3)       Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1) 
Take my pen, to write you this song.
Dm (xx0231@1)         G (320003@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    CLord: (x32010@1)is it harder to carry on,

Bb (x1333x@1)         Cor (x32010@1)to know when you are done?

Am (x02210@1)  Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)     CAll (x32010@1)my life, I've felt as though
Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_x43121@3">Eb   Bb (x1333x@1)    C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)    
I'm inside a beautiful memory,
    GReplaying (320003@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)    Bb (x1333x@1) Fwith (133211@1)the sound turned down low.

C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)         CLong-life, (x32010@1)show your face.
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)      CSlow-heart, (x32010@1)curb your taste.
C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)    CSmoke (x32010@1)me out of my hiding place.
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)     CLong-life, (x32010@1)state your case.

Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)      CWhat (x32010@1)in the world are we waiting for?
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) Eb (x43121@3)    Bb (x1333x@1)              C (x32010@1)    
building glowing cities along the shore,
Dm (xx0231@1)          Gwhere (320003@1)the wind batters in,
Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1)    Bbbaiting (x1333x@1)my kin like a matador?

Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)  F (133211@1)    CSo (x32010@1)much value, placed upon
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)  Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)        Cwhat (x32010@1)lies just beyond our plans:
Dm (xx0231@1)      Gwaving (320003@1)my handkerchief,
Bb (x1333x@1)     C (x32010@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)            Crunning (x32010@1)along, till the end of the sand.

C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)         CLong-life, (x32010@1)speak your name.
Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)             CI'm (x32010@1)so tired of the guessing game.
C (x32010@1)            FBut, (133211@1)something is moving,
G (320003@1)            Cjust (x32010@1)out of frame:
Em (022000@1)  AmSlow-heart, (x02210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)      Cbrace (x32010@1)and aim.

Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)       CBreaching (x32010@1)slowly, across the sea,
Am  F
one mast?
  Eb (x43121@3)           Bb (x1333x@1)          Ca (x32010@1)flash, like the stinger of a bee?
Dm (xx0231@1)       Gto (320003@1)take you away,
  Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)         Ca (x32010@1)swarming fleet is gonna take you
from me.

 Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)    CThe (x32010@1)universe is getting loose:
Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)  Ebsodden (x43121@3)spread,
Bb (x1333x@1)           Cfrom (x32010@1)some leaden disuse,
Dm (xx0231@1)       Grushing, (320003@1)unhinged,
       Bb (x1333x@1)          Ctoward (x32010@1)diminishing lights,
Bb (x1333x@1)              Clike (x32010@1)a headless caboose.

C (x32010@1)          FI'll (133211@1)wait for you,
G (320003@1)          Calongside (x32010@1)the ocean,
Em (022000@1)    Amand (x02210@1)make do
    Bb (x1333x@1)    Cwith (x32010@1)my no-skin.
   C (x32010@1)       FBut (133211@1)then, Long-life,
      G (320003@1)        Cwill (x32010@1)you let me in?
    Em (022000@1)       AmAnd (x02210@1)then, Slow-heart,
        Bb (x1333x@1)       Care (x32010@1)you gonna know him?
C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)      CLong-life, (x32010@1)speak your name.
Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)       CI (x32010@1)wait, while I decry the wait.
C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)   CAnd (x32010@1)when I die, may I relate:
Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  CSlow (x32010@1)heart, congregate.

Am, Em, F, C
Am, F, Eb, Bb, C
Dm, G, Bb, C
Bb C

   Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)           F (133211@1)CTo (x32010@1)leave your home, and your family,
Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)  Eb (x43121@3) Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)for some distortion of property?
     Dm (xx0231@1)           GWell, (320003@1)darling, I can't go.
   Bb (x1333x@1)       CBut (x32010@1)you may stay
Bb (x1333x@1)    Chere, (x32010@1)with me.

Am (x02210@1)