A5  B5  D5  E5  C#5 
 
1 1 2 2 

                  1                         1 
I am the assassin,  with tongue forged from eloquence 
                  2                2 
I am the assassin,  providing your Nemesis 
       F#5          E5 
On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend 
          B5               A5 
Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend 
        E5                                                      F#5 
No incantations of remorse, my friend, unsheathe the blade within the voice 
           1 
My friend, my friend, my friend, my friend 
 

1        2         2 
I am the assassin, assassin, assassin 
 

      1 
Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot 
      1 
Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare 
    2 
Who gouged the notches from the family tree 
    2 
Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance 
 
 
F#5   E5     B5    A5          E5          F#5 
Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing 
 
Listen to the blade 
 

E5 
 
B5              E5  B5  F#5  E5  B5  A5  E5  F#5 
Feel the blade 
 
3 
 
4 
 

B5                 A5                          G5              A5 
Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision 
B5               A5                 G5                A5 
Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision 
B5            A5            G5                A5 
Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption 
B5                A5                G5             A5          B5 
Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassin's fervour 
 

B5             E5                D5 
  Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell 
    C#5                  B5 
The creed of tempered diction 
 
My friend, your friend, the assassin 
          E5 
My friend,  your friend, the assassin 
D5 
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds 
C#5 
A friend in need is a friend that bleeds 
           B5 
Let bitter silence infect the wound 
           D5 
Let bitter silence infect the wound 
 
I am the assassin, my friend 
         F#5 
I am the assassin, my friend 
         G5 
I am the assassin, my friend 
  A5 
I am assassin 
 

2  2 
 
           1 
You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone 
1 
Parading a Hollywood conscience 
           2 
You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish 
   2                                             1 
Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success 
          1                     2                 2 
A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector 
            

       F#5         E5 
So you resign yourself to failure, my friend 
       B5         A5 
And I emerge the chilling stranger, my friend 
      E5 
To eradicate the problem , my friend 
                      F#5                         E5 
Unsheathe the blade within the voice, within the voice 
    B5      A5                 E5     F#5 
Within the voice, within the voice 
 

                                                          B5 C#5 
And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway,     my friend?  
 
 
Measure 1: 
 
e- | -------- |  
B- | -------- |  
G- | ---6--4- |  
D- | --6--4-- |  
A- | -4--4--- |  
E- | -------- |  
 
Measure 2: 
 
e- | -------- |  
B- | -------- |  
G- | ---4--2- |  
D- | --4--2-- |  
A- | -2--2--- |  
E- | -------- |  
 
Measure 3: 
 
e- | ----------------------------------- |  
B- | ----------------------------------- |  
G- | ---6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6- |  
D- | --6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6-- |  
A- | -4--4-----2--2-----4--4-----6--6--- |  
E- | ----------------------------------- |  
 
Measure 4: 
 
e- | ------------- |  
B- | ------------- |  
G- | ------------- |  repeated as 
D- | ------------- |   necessary 
A- | ------------- |  
E- | -7-5-7-5-7-5- |