The Meaning Of A Ritual
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
D/Ab
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The song comes in with organ, but it's then joined by acoustic guitar. I'm just
going to call the Caug7(w5) the C#aug7 from here on in:
My love is selfish
And I bet that yours is too
What is this peculiar word called truth
My love is selfish
And it cares not who it hurts
It will cut you out to satisfy its thirst
For the meaning of a ritual so habitual and cursed
My love is selfish
How it separates the earth
It takes every shiny stone but leaves the dirt
For the cowards in the corner who just don't know what they're worth
They've been twisted by a hollow kind of pain
Oh I can see it in their eyes but I ignore it every day, coz
My love is selfish
And remembers everything
Like the first time it was moved enough to sing
How it dangled on that stage just like a puppet on a string
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Readable chord sheet for The Meaning Of A Ritual by Villagers
[A] [D] [Bm] [Em] [C#7] [C#aug7] [F#m] [F#m7] [D/A] [D/Ab]
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B|---2----3----3----0----6---------6------2------2------7------7------|
G|---2----2----4----0----4---------4------2------2------7------7------|
D|---2----0----4----2----6---------6------4------2------7------7------|
A|---0---------2----2----4---------4------4------4------x------x------|
E|------------------0---------------------2------2------5------4------|
The song comes in with organ, but it's then joined by acoustic guitar. I'm just
going to call the C
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A]My love is[D] selfish
And I [Bm]bet that [A]yours is [Em]too
[C#7]What is this [C#aug7]peculiar [C#7]word called [F#m]truth [F#m7]
[Bm] [D/A] [D/Ab]
[A]My love is [D]selfish
And it [Bm]cares not [A]who it [Em]hurts
[C#7]It will cut you out t[C#aug7]o satisf[C#7]y its t[F#m]hirst [F#m7]
For the [Bm]meaning of a [D/A]ritual so [D/Ab]habitual and cursed
[A]My love is [D]selfish
How it [Bm]separa[A]tes the [Em]earth
It takes [C#7]every shiny[C#aug7] stone bu[C#7]t leaves the [F#m]dirt [F#m7]
For the [Bm]cowards in the [D/A]corner who just [D/Ab]don't know what they're worth
They've been [C#7]twisted by a[C#aug7] hollow[C#7] kind of [F#m]pain [F#m7]
Oh I can [Bm]see it in their [D/A]eyes but I [D/Ab]ignore it every day, coz
[A]My love is [D]selfish
And [Bm]remembers [A]every[Em]thing
Like the [C#7]first time it was[C#aug7] moved [C#7]enough to [F#m]sing [F#m7]
How it [Bm]dangled on that [D/A]stage just like a [D/Ab]puppet on a string