G - 320033 Cm - x35543 F - 133211 Dm - xx0231 D* - xx4232 Eb - xx5343 G (320003@1)On the very day I die CmThe (x3101x@1)very last of my desires GIs (320003@1)that you take my broken body Cm (x3101x@1)And commit it to the fire GAnd (320003@1)then when the fire is finished CmScrape (x3101x@1)the ashes in a tin G (320003@1) CmTake (x3101x@1)them down to Londons drinking reservoirs FAnd (133211@1)throw them in G (320003@1) CmAnd (x3101x@1)then specks infinitesimal of my mortal remains G (320003@1) CmWill (x3101x@1)slide down 7 million throats and into 7 million veins G (320003@1) CmAnd (x3101x@1)I will creep through their capillaries to the marrow of their bones G (320003@1) Cm (x3101x@1) FAnd (133211@1)they will wake to bright new mornings and then wordlessly theyll know G (320003@1) DmThat (xx0231@1)I remain Cm (x3101x@1) FI (133211@1)am remembered G (320003@1) DmI (xx0231@1)remain Cm (x3101x@1) FI (133211@1)am remembered G (320003@1)So these 7 million innocents CmThey (x3101x@1)will have me in their blood GAnd (320003@1)when they die theyll burn their bodies Cm (x3101x@1)Or be buried in the mud G (320003@1) CmAnd (x3101x@1)I will spread through streams and rivers like a virus through a host G (320003@1) CmFrom (x3101x@1)the hamlets to the cities from the rivers to the coast G (320003@1) CmAnd (x3101x@1)from there into the channel across the great Atlantic Ocean G (320003@1) And ever onwards to the new world CmThrough (x3101x@1)the waters gentle motions G (320003@1) CmUntil (x3101x@1)parts of me are part of every land mass every sea G (320003@1) Cm (x3101x@1) FIn (133211@1)the rain, up on your crops and in the very air you breath G (320003@1) DmI (xx0231@1)remain Cm (x3101x@1) FI (133211@1)am remembered G (320003@1) DmI (xx0231@1)remain Cm (x3101x@1) FI (133211@1)am remembered GI (320003@1)remain Dm (xx0231@1) Cm (x3101x@1) FAnd (133211@1)all the things I love will be washed away in the rain G (320003@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Cm (x3101x@1)F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)remain D* Eb D* Im not convinced of the existence of these things that dont exist EbYeah (x43121@3)by Jewish boys with big ideas and scratches on their wrist D* By a loving or a vengeful God Or one who condescends Eb (x43121@3) Wholl wash his hands down in the mire among the misery of men FOr (133211@1)by ever turning circles hanging timeless in the sky GLike (320003@1)a dream catcher distracting from the fact youre gonna die D* But I place one foot before the other Confident because EbI (x43121@3)know that everything we are right now is everything that was D (xx0232@1) That Watt Tyler, Woody, Guthrie, Dostoevsky and Davy Jones EbAre (x43121@3)all dissolved into the ether and have crept into my bones FAnd (133211@1)all the cells in all the lines upon the backs of both my hands DWere (xx0232@1)once carved into the details of two feet upon the sand G (320003@1) DmWe (xx0231@1)remain Cm (x3101x@1) FWe (133211@1)are remembered G (320003@1) DmWe (xx0231@1)remain Cm (x3101x@1) FWe (133211@1)are remembered G (320003@1) We remain DmAnd (xx0231@1)all the things we love Cm (x3101x@1) FWill (133211@1)be washed away in the rain G (320003@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Cm (x3101x@1) FWe (133211@1)remain