Am Am
Am Am

[Verse 1]

            C
Close the door, turn out the light
 Em
Savants a pill box, please
   Em                       Am
A man’s overboard without dreams
           Em     G    Am
While the actors sleep induced
          Em     G      Am
And the artist’s bow draws down
 Am                     Em
Turn the dial, oh amulet
Em                            G
For the prince of sightless change
             F                     C
His carriage wept by with all the trappings
              Am
Of death and saints

Am Em G Dsus

[Verse 2]

     Am
I’m sailing shale while shrinking trust
     Em
And finding dawn in dusk
        G                   Am
And Satan’s in the mangers of Troy
     Am
I’m bailing shale, while shrinking trust
     Em
And finding dawn in dusk
          G                           Am
But only kings and queens may skip the void
           Am              Em
'Tis a disaster that fie-i-o
      Em                   G
I’ll tend these pyres for you
          F
And poor William
              C                     Am
He’s in the poorhouse with cagey souls

Am Em G Dsus
Am Em G Dsus
Am Am Am Am

[Verse 3]

           C
Take the pledge of the rodeo
   Em
Where mudders sheltered thee
     Em                                 Am
And mothers pray for tithe or leave of man
          Em         G        Am
As we’ll come to understand them
    Em   G                     Am
A gerrymandering brought them free
  Am                      Em
Idolaters and those sanctified
     Em               G
In monographs and in jibes
               F
Stand upon the alter
       C                              Am
For an umpteenth repast of due flame

Am Em G Dsus

[Verse 4]

       Am
Say bosom brave, illuminen mine
    Em
Suspended fine in crepe
             G                   Am
Your papered children have been atomized
       Am
Shake bosom brave illumine mine
     Em
So spin it fine in crepe
              G                Am
Your paper children haven’t atomized
        Am                 Em
'Tis a disaster that fie-i-o
      Em                   G
I’ll tend these pyres for you
          F
And poor William
             C
He’s in the poor house
                    Am
With the ratlike soul

[Outro]

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