The Words of the Revelator
Bryan John Appleby

standard tuning
capo 4

Em:  022000
G:   320033
C/G: 332010
Am:  002210
Open:000000
E7*: 021000
D:   200212
Em7: 020000

Verse 1:
   Em (022000@1)                Ge----------------------------------------------------| (320003@1)B----------------------------------------------------|
G--0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--------------|
D--2----2----2----2----0----0----0----0--------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E-----0----0----0----0----3----3----3----3-----------|

Em (022000@1)          GI (320003@1)have come into your house 
Em (022000@1)                                                 GYou (320003@1)say there's something I should know by now and I vow to hear you out 
Em (022000@1)             GBut (320003@1)as you speak, how I feel the sting 
Em (022000@1)                                    GLike (320003@1)the hackles on a dog's back I rise up to meet the

C/G (3x555x@1)                   Am (x02210@1)          EmWordss (022000@1)you spoke in the middle of the night 
G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)      C/GThey (3x555x@1)fall heavy like a hammer on my mind 
            C/G (3x555x@1)                             Em (022000@1)     AmYou (x02210@1)are the light in the darkness, you're the fire on the vine

E7*
Oooh

Riff 1 (2x):
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B----0-----0-----0-----0-----1----------|
G----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------|
D----2-----2-----0-----0-----2----------|
A----2-----2-----0-----2-----3----------|
E----0-----0-----3-----3-----3----------|

Em (muted) G
Oh my son, I have known your ways 
Em (022000@1)                                           GBut (320003@1)I'm the gale that'll rattle your gate; you shudder, I make you shake 
Em (022000@1)                   GYou (320003@1)will find what you did not seek 
Em (022000@1)                  G(no (320003@1)longer muted)
A road less narrow, a way not steep

DOh (xx0232@1)my child
          Em (022000@1)     C/GDon't (3x555x@1)you lose your place 
            DRemember (xx0232@1)my table 
   Am (x02210@1)     EmRemember (022000@1)my face

C/G (3x555x@1)                    Am (x02210@1)          EmAnd (022000@1)the things I told you in the middle of the night 
G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)      C/GThey (3x555x@1)fall heavy like a hammer on your mind 
         C/G (3x555x@1)                          Em (022000@1)       AmI (x02210@1)am the light in the darkness, I'm the fire on the vine 
E7*
Oooh

Riff 1 (2x)

Riff 2 (2x):
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B----1-----1-----0-----0-----1----------|
G----2-----2-----0-----0-----0----------|
D----2-----2-----0-----0-----2----------|
A----0-----0-----0-----2-----3----------|
E----0-----0-----3-----3-----3----------|

Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)    C/GYou (3x555x@1)turn away 
Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)    C/GI'm (3x555x@1)left alone 
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)    C/GThen (3x555x@1)came a sign 
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)  C/GThen (3x555x@1)came the Revelation

Em (022000@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)I said you, you will not dig a hole in me 
                   AmYou (x02210@1)will not chop down my tree 
                     C/GOr (3x555x@1)hold me under the water

Em (022000@1)                     DNo (xx0232@1)and you, you will not dig a hole in me 
                   AmYou (x02210@1)will not chop down my tree 
                     C/GOr (3x555x@1)hold me under the water