A5 B5 D5 E5 C#5 1 1 2 2 1 1 I am the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence 2 2 I am the assassin, providing your Nemesis F#5 E5 On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend B5 A5 Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend E5 F#5 No incantations of remorse, my friend, unsheathe the blade within the voice 1 My friend, my friend, my friend, my friend 1 2 2 I am the assassin, assassin, assassin 1 Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot 1 Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare 2 Who gouged the notches from the family tree 2 Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance F#5 E5 B5 A5 E5 F#5 Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing Listen to the blade E5 B5 E5 B5 F#5 E5 B5 A5 E5 F#5 Feel the blade 3 4 B5 A5 G5 A5 Listen as the syllables of slaughter cut with calm precision B5 A5 G5 A5 Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision B5 A5 G5 A5 Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption B5 A5 G5 A5 B5 Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassin's fervour B5 E5 D5 Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell C#5 B5 The creed of tempered diction My friend, your friend, the assassin E5 My friend, your friend, the assassin D5 A friend in need is a friend that bleeds C#5 A friend in need is a friend that bleeds B5 Let bitter silence infect the wound D5 Let bitter silence infect the wound I am the assassin, my friend F#5 I am the assassin, my friend G5 I am the assassin, my friend A5 I am assassin 2 2 1 You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone 1 Parading a Hollywood conscience 2 You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish 2 1 Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success 1 2 2 A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector F#5 E5 So you resign yourself to failure, my friend B5 A5 And I emerge the chilling stranger, my friend E5 To eradicate the problem , my friend F#5 E5 Unsheathe the blade within the voice, within the voice B5 A5 E5 F#5 Within the voice, within the voice B5 C#5 And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway, my friend? Measure 1: e- | -------- | B- | -------- | G- | ---6--4- | D- | --6--4-- | A- | -4--4--- | E- | -------- | Measure 2: e- | -------- | B- | -------- | G- | ---4--2- | D- | --4--2-- | A- | -2--2--- | E- | -------- | Measure 3: e- | ----------------------------------- | B- | ----------------------------------- | G- | ---6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6- | D- | --6--4-----4--2-----6--4-----8--6-- | A- | -4--4-----2--2-----4--4-----6--6--- | E- | ----------------------------------- | Measure 4: e- | ------------- | B- | ------------- | G- | ------------- | repeated as D- | ------------- | necessary A- | ------------- | E- | -7-5-7-5-7-5- |