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                       SAINTS ARE DOWN - The Cult
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from the album "The Cult" 1994

written by Billy Duffy and Ian Astbury

intro A


A
I'm so blind, I cannot see,  you are so warm to me
A
I'm not there and you are here,  please take me

F
Yeah, the saints are down, oh the saints are down
F maj                  A 
The saints are down,  the saints are down

A
Life's so long, or short should I say?
A
I am here to get it on with you today
A
Girl, you should know that I love you more than I can say
A
Sometimes I fear all those things that come down on us anyway

A                           F maj
But I gotta tell ya that my saints are down,  my saints are down
F maj                A 
That my saints are down let me tell you why
F maj                           A
Saints are down the saints are down

A
Hey, pretty good, what do you got to say?
A
Whose f*****g life is it anyway?
A
Don't you know anything about anybody else?
A
You're so wrapped up in your tiny self oh let me tell you

F maj                                          A
Saints are down, yes they are your saints are down
F maj                                A
Your saints are down the saints are down

F maj E F maj B
They're down 
F maj        E   F maj B
And they're not coming round
 B              C   D C D  E      B
Yeah, they're not easily found - buried
C                           D
And they're buried in the ground
C                            D    A
Yeah, they're buried upside down

Rest of song plays out  A and F maj
Saints are down,  saints are down etc etc