Capo: 2 nd fret Intro: A5 A5 gather 'round, you wounded people D5 shadows fall upon the steeple, A5 G5 soon shall come the closing of, F5 F5 G5 the closing of the gates A5 for there is a word of plague among us F5 curse the one whose poison stung us, C5 A5 all along the alleyways G5 F5 G5 the satyrs wait their fate A5 but who's to blame when all are guilty D5 morals stained & conscience filthy A5 G5 abreast your idol replicas F5 F5 G5 your replicas of lust, A5 in the sky I hear the threshing F5 dare to watch your lord undressing C5 A5 while you beg forgiveness, G5 F5 G5 you feed on his disgust C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 but if perhaps the salt might stain your skin A5 G5 F5 C5 G5 and if perhaps the smoke might weep your eyes C5 G5 C5 G5 listen while the threnodies begin A5 G5 F5 G5 know no one in here gets out alive. A5 but let your frailty not deceive you D5 a little pinprick, rest relieves you, A5 G5 and dream of all the days that are, F5 F5 G5 the years that are to come - A5 for you will dance & you'll be nimble F5 pirouettes upon a thimble C5 A5 and I will be beside you G5 F5 G5 lest I lose you once again. C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 but if perhaps my sorrows all are show A5 G5 F5 C5 G5 and I should find a crack among the gates, C5 G5 C5 G5 guilt shall follow me where'er I go A5 G5 F5 G5 though I try I know I can't escape C5 G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 F5 F5 (x2) A5 and when you're gone the earth will crumble D5 I will try but I will stumble A5 G5 and all through these city streets F5 F5 G5 my robes shall drag the ground A5 hear the children swing with sorrow, F5 yesterday was once tomorrow C5 A5 no more I'll be troubled G5 F5 G5 by the troubles of this world C5 G5 F5 C5 G5 but if I lose my step along the way A5 G5 F5 G5 and if the speech of victim fills my throat C5 A5 out beyond past the cliffs that shape the day G6 (= 320000) it's there I?ll wander, there I?ll stray F5 G5 it's there I?ll look for you when all my trials are done C5 A5 I feign sleep to save my breath, G5 this love is loss, this life is theft, F5 G5 and all that's left is some vain need to carry on C5 A5 and though I fear the tightening of the skies G5 against the dawn I'll watch you rise F5 G5 oh lord, the company I keep within my head C5 A5 the scent of flesh might tease the nose G5 it claims the calm , it clings the clothes could that be you, my love? F5 G5 your dust upon the wind? C5 A5 G5 F5 G5 (x2) C5 G5 F5 G5 (x4) A5
