Chords for Emperor In His War-room: The Emperor/The Room (2005 Digital Remaster)

_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
Standing in the space _ _ _ _ [G] that [F] holds the [Em] silent piece of light _ [Am] away [Dm] from you, _ _
_ [E] _ think that you
[Em] can _ hold _ _ the _ [G] _
searing [F] molten _ [Em] gold [A] between your [Dm] _ _ fingers.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ But [E] it _ slips through, _ tearing [C] tendons as it _ goes, [B] _ _ [Em] _ exposing [E] the white of a knuckle, [C] _ flesh
and metal forming [B] letters in [E] the _ _ _ mold.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Cradling your gun, _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ after [F] choosing [Em] the one you think [Dm] should _ _ die.
_ _ [Em] _ _ Lying on the hill, _ _ _ _ _
[G] crawling [F] over [Em] the windowsill into [Am] your [Dm] living room.
_ [B] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] He _ smelt the [C] bright aimless heads, _ [Bm] _ [E] bodies _ torn [E] by vultures.
[C] You are the man who stands the rank [B] with [E] the smell of death.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em]
The [G] dancer of the [B] moon, _ [Em] _
[D] friend of the [A] tall ones, keeper of the peace.
_ [G] _ [Em] Ah, but [F] his kiss, the only [G] _ way [A] to _ love.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ Looking out to sea, _ _ _ _ _ a [G] flattened [F] plane of [Em] weed which [Am] bears no [Dm] living.
[F] _ _ [E] _
[Em] You crush life in your fist, _ _
_ _ _ [G] as your [F] heart [Em] is kissed by the lips [Am] _ of [B]
death.
_ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Ghosts, they prey you, ghosts, they prey you in [C] the night.
They steal your eye [E] from its _ socket, _ _
_ [C] and the ball hangs [E] fallen on your _ cheek.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Complaining tongues [Em] are still, _ _ _ [G] a _ [F] thousand [Em] mouths are filled with [Am] rusting _ [A] metal.
[F] _ _ _
Your face a shade of green. _
_ _ _ _ [G] Somehow [F] you [Em] try to speak through all the [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] fudging [E] walls, your mouth, _ and [C] you cannot frame the _ [E] words.
As your heart _ _ _ _
_ [C] throws your fame into the [D] flames, as [E] you are burned.
[B] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] Slaver of the poor ones, _ dancer of the weak.
_ _ Friend of the tall ones, keeper of the peace.
_ _ [Em] Ah, but his [F] kiss, the [G] only way you know. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Live by God, [D] and you shall [B] die soon.
All your power [D] shall come to [E] naught.
_ Every life you take [D] is part of [E] yours.
Death, my heart, is [D] what [E] you fought.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I _ _ can't change your [Em] name. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Now [C] the outriders [Em] of doom step on your _ [Dm]
threshold, _ _ [Fm] _ _ [E] _ _
begging [Em] for your life. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ As [F] the impartial [Em] knife sinks in your [Dm] _
screaming flesh.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
Love is merely [C] taking murder's toll.
You must pay the price of hate, _ _ and that price _ [D] is your _ soul.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Live in [F] peace _ [G] or die _ [Am] forever. _ _ _
In [G] _ [F] your soul. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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