The Poet And The Pendulum

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[Dm]         [C#]
[Dm]         [Gm]

[F#m]The........[C#m] end
The so[F#m]ngwriter's dead [C#m]
The bla[Bm]de fell upon h[Bb]im
Taking him [Bm]to the White L[Bb]ands
Of Em[Dm]pathica  [C#]
[Dm]Of Innoce[B]nce
[Dm]Empathica[C#]
[Dm]Innocen[B]ce

[Home]

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[A5] [Ab5] [G5] [F#5] [F5] [E5] [Eb5] [Dm]

The dreamer and the wine
Poet without a rhyme
A widowed writer
[Gm]Torn ap[Bb]art by chains of hell[C]   [Dm]

One last perfect verse is still the same old song
Oh, Christ, how I hate what[Gm] I have beco[Bb]me           [Gm]
Take me home..[Bb]..     [C]

[Dm]Get away, run away, fly away[C]
[Dm]Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway     [C]
[Eb]I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
[Bb]I cannot die
I, a w[A5]hor[Ab5]e fo[G5]r t[F#5]he c[F5]old[E5] wo[Eb5]rld
[Dm]Forgive me, I have but two faces      [C]
[Dm]One for the world, one for God, save me       [C]
[Gm]I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
[Bb]I cannot die, I, a whore[F] for the cold world[C]

[Dm]My home was there n' then
Those meadows of Heaven
Adventure-filled days      [Gm]
One with every [Bb]smiling face  [C]       [Dm]

Please, no more words
Thoughts from a severed head
No more praise
[Gm]Tell me on[Bb]ce my heart goes right       [Gm]
Take me home..[Bb]..     [C]

[Dm]Get away, run away, fly away[C]
[Dm]Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway     [C]
[Eb]I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
[Bb]I cannot die
I, a w[A5]hor[Ab5]e fo[G5]r t[F#5]he c[F5]old[E5] wo[Eb5]rld
[Dm]Forgive me, I have but two faces      [C]
[Dm]One for the world, one for God, save me       [C]
[Gm]I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
[Bb]I cannot die, I, a whore fo[F]r the cold world [C]

[The Pacific]

[Cm]Spar...[Gm].kle my [Cm]scen....[Gm]ery with t[Bb]urquoise waterfall     [F]
With bea[Cm]uty underneath   [Gm]
The Ever Free.[Eb].....    [F]
Tuck me in ben[Bb]eath the blue         [F/A]
Beneath the pain   [Gm]
Beneath the rain   [F]
Goodnight kiss fo[Bb]r a child in time       [F/A]
Swaying blade[Gm]......m[Eb]y lullaby.[F]....       [Gm]

[Cm]One the sh[Gm]ore we sat [Cm]and hoped[Gm]
Under[Bb] the same pale moon       [F]
Whose guidi[Bb]ng light chose you              [F]
Chose you all.......[Eb]............     [Gm]

"I'm afraid, I'm so afraid...............
I just wish the tide w[Eb]ould catch me first
And give me a death I a[D]lways longed for."                     [Gm]

[Dark Passion Play}

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[E5]       [F5]      [Ab5]
[E5]       [F5] [F5]    [G5] [G5]
[E5]       [F5] [F5]    [Ab5] [Ab5]

[E5]       [F5]      [G5]
[E5]       [F5]      [Ab5]
[E5]       [F5]      [G5]

[E5]         [Am] [C] [D] [D]
[E5]         [A5] [Ab5] [G5] [F#5] [F5] [E5] [Eb5]
[E5]         [Am] [C] [D] [D]
[E5]

Second robber to the right of Christ
Cut in half - infanticide
The world will rejoice today
As the crows feast on the rotting poet

[E5]       [F5]      [G5]
[E5]       [F5]      [Ab5]
[E5]       [F5]      [G5]
[E5]

Everyone must bury their own
No pack to bury the heart of stone
Now he's home in hell, serves him well
Slain by the bell tolling for his farewell

[Dm]The morning dawned upon his alter
Remains of the dark passion play
[Gm]Performed by his friends without shame
[Bb]Spitting on his grave as they came

[Dm]Get away, run away, fly away[C]
[Dm]Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway     [C]
[Eb]I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
[Bb]I cannot die
I, a w[A5]hor[Ab5]e fo[G5]r t[F#5]he c[F5]old[E5] wo[Eb5]rld
[Dm]Forgive me, I have but two faces      [C]
[Dm]One for the world, one for God, save me       [C]
[Gm]I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
[Bb]I cannot die, I, a whore f[F]or the cold world       [C]

[Gm]"Today, in the year of our Lord 2005..."
Save me

{Mother and Father}

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[Gm]        [F]       [Gm]
[Gm]        [F]       [Gm]
[Eb]         [Bb]       [F7]   [Gm]
[Eb]         [Bb]       [F7]   [Gm]

Be still, my son  [F]
You're home[Gm]
Oh, when did you becom[F]e so cold?              [Gm]
[Eb]The blade will keep [Bb]on descending     [F7]            [Gm]
[Eb]All you need is to feel my[Bb] love  [F7]        [Gm]

Search for beauty[F], find your shore          [Gm]
Try to save them all, bleed[F] no more           [Gm]
[Eb]You have such oceans [Bb]within   [F7]          [Gm]
[Eb]In the end, I will alway[Bb]s love y[F7]ou     [Gm]

"The beginning..."

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[Gm]Oooooooooooo[F]ooooo....    [Gm]