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

Standard Tuning
Capo 3

G (320003@1)                  Em (022000@1)                              Cit (x32010@1)is so that my transgressions have born a withered fruit,
                          Dthe (xx0232@1)sun has scorched the rising plants;
                   G (320003@1)                        Emalas (022000@1)they have no root, the bleached bones of animals bound by leather
 Cstrips, (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)                            Gdance (320003@1)through the air with laughter as I wield this wicked whip,

                    Em (022000@1)                                  Cas (x32010@1)you did warn me carpenter, this world has weakened my heart,

             D (xx0232@1)                                    Gso (320003@1)easily I disparage, self-seeking the work of my art,

                          Em (022000@1)                             Cand (x32010@1)there you have come to me at the moment I bathe in my sorrow,

                 D (xx0232@1)                           Gso (320003@1)in love with myself, sought after avoiding tomorrow,
                       Em (022000@1)                         Cwhere (x32010@1)do you find the love to offer he who betrays you?

D (xx0232@1)                        Gand (320003@1)offer to wash my feet as I offer to disobey you,

Em (022000@1)                            Cyour (x32010@1)beauty does bereave me, and how my words do fail,
                   D (xx0232@1)                          Gso (320003@1)faithfully and dutifully I award you with betrayal,


                       Em (022000@1)                  Cthe (x32010@1)weak and the down trodden fall on broken legs,
                  D (xx0232@1)                        Gas (320003@1)I walk past a smile I cast, fervor in my stead,
                     C (x32010@1)                      Embut (022000@1)my bones like plastic, do buckle backward now,

                        D (xx0232@1)                              GI (320003@1)lay in this field by Judas' bowels and anticipate the plow,
              C (x32010@1)                        EmI (022000@1)can not be forgiven; my wages will be paid,

                             D (xx0232@1)                        Gfor (320003@1)those more lovely and admirable is least among the saved,
                        Cand (x32010@1)where would I fit Jesus?
                      Emwhat (022000@1)place is left for me?
                           D (xx0232@1)                                    Gthe (320003@1)price of atonement is more than I've found to offer up as my plea,

G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)              C (x32010@1)                 
DJesus (xx0232@1)my heart is all I have to give to you, so weak and so unworthy,

                     G (320003@1)              Em (022000@1)                    Cthis (x32010@1)simply will not do, no alabaster jar, no diamond in the rough,

                        D (xx0232@1)                      Gfor (320003@1)your body that was broken, how can this be enough?

                 Em (022000@1)                      Cby (x32010@1)me you were abandoned, by me you were betrayed,

                     D (xx0232@1)                           Gyet (320003@1)in your arms and in your heart forever I have stayed

G (320003@1)               Em (022000@1)                                 CYour (x32010@1)glory illuminates my life, and no darkness will descend,

                        D (xx0232@1)                              Gfor (320003@1)you have loved me forever, and your love will never end

Note: I got these chords from the only tab of this song and I put a capo on and 
it, being that it's impossible for me to play a C#m and a B on my guitar. (The original chords 
E C#m A B instead of G Em C D).

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