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So... I'm re-doing this because I'm a goober and did it in the wrong key. I'm pretty
this is right.

Song: Matthias Replaces Judas
Artist:  Showbread
Album:  No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical
Year:  2004

Standard Tuning
Capo 4

C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                              Fit (133211@1)is so that my transgressions have born a withered fruit,
                          Gthe (320003@1)sun has scorched the rising plants;
                   C (x32010@1)                        Amalas (x02210@1)they have no root, the bleached bones of animals bound by leather
 Fstrips, (133211@1)                              G (320003@1)                          Cdance (x32010@1)through the air with laughter as I wield this wicked whip,

                    Am (x02210@1)                                  Fas (133211@1)you did warn me carpenter, this world has weakened my heart,

             G (320003@1)                                    Cso (x32010@1)easily I disparage, self-seeking the work of my art,

                          Am (x02210@1)                             Fand (133211@1)there you have come to me at the moment I bathe in my sorrow,

                 G (320003@1)                           Cso (x32010@1)in love with myself, sought after avoiding tomorrow,
                       Am (x02210@1)                         Fwhere (133211@1)do you find the love to offer he who betrays you?

                      G (320003@1)                        Cand (x32010@1)offer to wash my feet as I offer to disobey you,

                    Am (x02210@1)                            Fyour (133211@1)beauty does bereave me, and how my words do fail,
                   G (320003@1)                          Cso (x32010@1)faithfully and dutifully I award you with betrayal,


Am (x02210@1)                    F (133211@1)                   Cthe (x32010@1)weak and the down trodden fall on broken legs,
                  G (320003@1)                        Amas (x02210@1)I walk past a smile I cast, fervor in my stead,
                     F (133211@1)                       Cbut (x32010@1)my bones like plastic, do buckle backward now,

                        G (320003@1)                              CI (x32010@1)lay in this field by Judas' bowels and anticipate the plow,
              F (133211@1)                        AmI (x02210@1)can not be forgiven; my wages will be paid,

                             G (320003@1)                        Cfor (x32010@1)those more lovely and admirable is least among the saved,
                        Fand (133211@1)where would I fit Jesus?
                      Amwhat (x02210@1)place is left for me?
                           G (320003@1)                                    Cthe (x32010@1)price of atonement is more than I've found to offer up as my plea,

C (x32010@1)                     Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)                GJesus (320003@1)my heart is all I have to give to you, so weak and so unworthy,

                     C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)                    Fthis (133211@1)simply will not do, no alabaster jar, no diamond in the rough,

                        G (320003@1)                      Cfor (x32010@1)your body that was broken, how can this be enough?

                 Am (x02210@1)                      Fby (133211@1)me you were abandoned, by me you were betrayed,

                     G (320003@1)                           Cyet (x32010@1)in your arms and in your heart forever I have stayed

C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)                                 FYour (133211@1)glory illuminates my life, and no darkness will descend,

                        G (320003@1)                              Cfor (x32010@1)you have loved me forever, and your love will never end

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