The Mending Of The Gown

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[Gaug]   [Abm]   [B]    [E]     [E]
[F#]     [B]     [E]    [Abm]   [Abm]
[Gaug]   [Ab]    [B]    [E6]    [E]
[F#]     [B]     [F#]   [F#]    [F#]   [F#]
[Gaug]   [Abm]   [B]    [E]     [E]
[F#]     [B]     [E]    [Abm]   [Abm]
[Gaug]   [Ab]    [B]    [E6]    [E]
[F#]     [B]     [F#]   [E]     [F#]   [F#]

He made an [Gaug]enemy [Abm]then
he made an [B]enemy of [E]all of you [E]
It's [F#m]him,[B] not you [E]     [Abm]
You never [Gaug]heard it from [Abm]me
But there[B]'s a breech in[E6] the hull w[E]here the truth
And [F#]the water's [B]too deep[F#] to pr[F#]ove
He made an [Gaug]enemy [Abm]then
He made an [B]enemy of [E]all of you [E]
It's [F#m]him,[B] not you [E]     [Abm]
It's a [Gaug]little red [Abm]sea
Let[B] the mir[E6]acle worke[E]r go free
See the [F#]paddle go [B]up and the [F#]paddle go [E]down
See the [F#]paddle go [B]up and the [F#]paddle go [E]down
See the [F#]paddle go [B]up and the [F#]paddle go [E]down
And a [F#]man falls i[F#]n the sea

[Eb]  He was a [Abm]man of many [E]nations
Had a [Eb]hundred [Abm]souls and a hundred to go [E]    [Eb]
He was a [Abm]man of many [E]nations
Two [Eb]hearts, two [Abm]hands, it's a slippery slope [E]     [Eb]
He had a [Abm]fear of being [E]naked
But you're [Eb]any other [Abm]man in another man's clothes [E]    [Eb]
He was a [Abm]man of many [E]nations
With [Eb]revelations[Abm], oh revelations [E]    [Eb]
He wro[Abm]te a book about[E] the Bible
[Eb]He wrote a [Abm]book about men in the sky [E]    [Eb]
He wrote a [Abm]book about the [E]smell of the winter and then [Eb]two...
A [Abm]little less simple to [E]decipher
Saying[Eb] "I am the [Abm]water at the [E]foot of the palms,
Or [Eb]I am sand[Abm] and wind, and a shit[E]ty mirage,
But either [Eb]way, I'm a [Abm]man of many[E] nations!"

Was it[B] the mending of the gown,
Or the [F#]running it around?
Was it the [Eb]mending of the gown,
Or the [F#]running and the running it around?

She h[D]ad a name,[G] she had a spirit

She had a [A]line in the play if you [G]waited to hear it
But a [D]master of [G]disguises...
Her [A]demise was her [G]design, they said
"Was it the [D]mending of the [G]gown
or the [A]running and the running and the [G]running it around?"
She said: "My [D]name and my spirit are [G]both corrupted
If you [A]hold me close you gotta [G]hold me up!
It was the [D]tender meaning [G]of this slender [A]gown

That brough[G]t me bendin[D]g to the ground
Now yo[G]u'll wear[A] any old thin[G]g, oh you'll wear any old thing"
So she [D]wrapped herself in [G]swaddling
That[A] the fever deviated [G]to a broken wing
"It's an [D]act, I think s[G]he's just pretending"
"It'[A]s an act, I[G] think she's just pretending"
And I [D]will burn the vi[G]rgin flags
And I [A]will shake[G] (shake) a[D]s the heat waves in the sand
This one's[G] for Maggie ([A]This one's for Maggie)
This one's[G] for Sam ([D]This one's for Sam)
This one's[G] for Maggie ([A]This one's for Maggie)
This one's[G] for Sam ([D]This one's for Sam)
Or any [G]other random [A]spirit lover [G]busted
I have [D]lusted after [G]you  [A]     [G]
The way blood[D]suckers do [G]
The way blood[A]suckers do [G]
The way [A]bloods[E]uck[F]ers[F#] do [G]
Was it[D] the mending of the gown,

Or the [A]running it around?
Was it[F#m] the mending of the gown,

Or the [A]running it around?

[Bbaug] l [Bm] l [D] l [G]
[A] l [D] l [G] l [Bm]
[Bbaug] l [Bm] l [D] l [G]
[A] l [D] l [A] l [A]

It was[Bbaug] the te[Bm]nder men[D]ding of [G]this s[A]lender gown
That [D]brought me [G]bending [Bm]to the [Bbaug]ground
But this[Bm] ship wa[D]s built to[G] go down
See[A] the p[D]addle go [A]up and the[G] paddle go down
See[A] the p[D]addle go [A]up and the[G] paddle go down
See[A] the p[D]addle go [A]up and the[G] paddle go down
See[A] the p[D]addle go [A]up and the[G] paddle go down
Oh oh [A]oh oh oh [D]oh O[A]h oh o[G]h oh Oh (x16)

[F] [Abm] [Em]
[D] [Fm] [C#m]
[C] [Ebm] [Bm]
[A]