Death By Fire Chords by Earth Opera

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_ _ _ _ I decree [F] that her death be by [G] _ rumor
The [C] skull gleamed and [G] _ creaking [F] sat back in [G] its chair _ _
_ In agreement, [F] the room full [G] of white teeth [D] all clicked
[G] And they said we must [F] do what is fair
_ _ [G] _ [Em] While the priests prepared _ hammers and nails and the _ carpenters' [Am] _ flame
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The [Em] nuns nodded knowing to sentence a sinner is [Am] justice _ [Bm] and law of the [D] _
same
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_ _ [C] _ _ [G] In the _ cobblestone [Dm] streets of [G] the village
The hawkers and mongers [Dm] are wagging their [G] tongue _ _
_ [C] _ _ With [G] sly smiles [Dm] of _ _ [G] insinuation _
They [F] watch her [G] and talk of the [F] ensuing vow _ _ _
[C] _ _ Her [Em] beauty _ _ defilement she will now pay for this crime of [Am] lust
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monks in the towers are pealing the bell
[Am] To remind the [B] people [Bm] they must _
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_ And the [G] _ carrion [F]
crows are arriving in [C] droves
[G] As the sun sets [Dm] to pick the [G] bones
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ the _ clowns stand [Dm] around [G] and they stare at [C] the ground
And [G] they secretly _ [Dm] _ bathe [G] the sea _ _
_ In [Em] the rectory the priest laughs and lets the [E] wine drip down his [A] vest
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[F] _ _ [E] He calls [Em] and caresses his lover who laughs
[Am] And he wipes [B] his mouth [Bm] on his [D] chest
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[G] _ _ widows and [Dm] virgins at [G] watch in the [C] window _
[G] As sinners _ [Dm] are purged down [G] below
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No [G] _ willow will [F] weep for [G] her silence of [C] ashes _
[G] We'll sleep in [F] the new fallen [G] snow
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