INTRO

C G A E Fmaj7 C
C G A E Fmaj7 C

VERSE 1

C G  A     E    F        C
Lazy flies all hovering above
     C G   A    E    F          C
The magistrate, he puts on his gloves
        D7            G
And he looks to the clouds
    F            C
All pink and disheveled
       B7             C   
There must be some blueprints,
      G            F# 
Some creed of the devil

CHORUS

    F             C
Inscribed in our minds
  Am       D  
A hideous game
F           Am   
Vanishes in thin air
    Am          D  
The vanity of slaves
F            Am   
Who wants to be there?
    E           F 
To sweep the debris
   F              C
To harness dead-horses
   D            G 
To ride in the sun
  F           C  
A life of confessions
E               F    Ab  
Written in the dust

VERSE 2

C G  A     E    F                C
Out in the mangroves the mynah birds cry
C G  A     E    F        C
In the shadows of Sulfur the trawlers drift by
D7                  C 
They're chewing dried meat 
F                  C
From the house of disrepute
B7             C
The dust of opiates 
G               F#
And syphilis patients

CHORUS

    F             C
On brochure vacations
  Am       D
Fear has a glare 
F           Am
That traps you like searchlights
  Am       D
The puritans stare
F           Am
Their souls are fluorescent
    E           F 
The skin of a robot
   F              C
Vibrates with pleasure
   D            G
Matrons and gigolos
   F              C
Carouse in the parlor
E               F   
Their hand-grenade eyes
                Ab
Invalid and blind 

BRIDGE

C G A E F C G A E F C D7 C F C B7 C G F#

CHORUS

  Am       D  
A hideous game
F           Am   
Vanishes in thin air
    Am          D  
The vanity of slaves
F            Am   
Who wants to be there?
    E           F 
To sweep the debris
   F              C
To harness dead-horses
   D            G 
To ride in the sun
  F           C  
A life of confessions
E               F    Ab  
Written in the dust

OUTRO

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