Intro: |  D (xx0232@1)|  D (xx0232@1)|  F#/C#  |  F#/C#  |  C# (x43121@1)|  C# (x43121@1)|

F# (244322@1)                          AbIn (xx1114@1)Orient where wise I was to please the way I live.
     Abm7                                              F#Come (244322@1)give the beggar chance at hand his life is on his lip.
                                   AbThree (xx1114@1)score a thousand times where once in Amazon.
      Abm7                                       F#Where (244322@1)El Dorado holds the key no keeper holds my hand.

CHORUS:
  Bbm7 (x13121@1)            Ebm (xx4342@1)                        F#/C#
Unchain the gate of solitude, the ruler says you run.
                  Ab/C           D7 (xx0212@1)             F#/C#              C#Run (x43121@1)hard unto the scaffold high  -  your chance to  -  jump the gun.
F# (244322@1)                                  C#7 (x4342x@1)              F#Oh, (244322@1)how high the scaffold grows - the plant life of your widow.
                                             C#7 (x4342x@1)               F#In (244322@1)black lace curtains brought you near from out the plate glass window.
F# (244322@1)                                  C#7 (x4342x@1)              F#Oh, (244322@1)how high the scaffold grows - the plant life of your widow.
                                             C#7 (x4342x@1)               F#In (244322@1)black lace curtains brought you near from out the plate glass window.

F# (244322@1)                               AbThe (xx1114@1)Minotaur with bloody hands is  -  enraged by the sun.
Abm7                                         F#Caged (244322@1)he by the corpses brought forth by the dawn.
                            AbIn (xx1114@1)Orient is as I told the buckshee hangman swears.
    Abm7                                          F#For (244322@1)open crypts to silence nylon knots to sway by prayer.

{Repeat Chorus}

F# (244322@1)                          AbIn (xx1114@1)Orient where wise I was to please the way I live.
     Abm7                                                F#Come (244322@1)give the beggar chance at hand - his life is on his lip.