A B D E C#m 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# E On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend B A Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend E F# 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# E B A E F# Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing Listen to the blade E B E B F# E B A E F# Feel the blade 3 4 Bm A G A Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision Bm A G A Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision Bm A G A Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption Bm A G A B Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassin's fervour B E D Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell C#m B The creed of tempered diction My friend, your friend, the assassin E My friend, your friend, the assassin D A friend in need is a friend that bleeds C#m A friend in need is a friend that bleeds B Let bitter silence infect the wound D Let bitter silence infect the wound I am the assassin, my friend F# I am the assassin, my friend G I am the assassin, my friend A 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# E So you resign yourself to failure, my friend B A And I emerge the chilling stranger, my friend E To eradicate the problem , my friend F# E Unsheathe the blade within the voice, within the voice B A E F# Within the voice, within the voice B C#m 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- |