Chords for Hindsight (Oathbound)

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_ [Em] Listen [C] as I tell [G] you of [B] my innocence [E] and trust, of my pity for [G] a stranger welcomed [B] as I thought I [E] must.
For [G] these simple virtues [B] made us [D] bear our bellies [E] to the knife, and they [Em] robbed me of [Bm] my people and [E] my family and [Am] my life.
_ _ [F] Never [G] waste your pity on [Am] the [E] snow.
_ _ [F] [Am] Always keep your caution [D] for all you think [E] you know.
[Am] For as the world [F] is beautiful, [Am] likewise is [E] it cruel, [Am] and death is [Em] always waiting for [Am] a fool.
_ _ _ _ Oh, she seemed [G] a [C] harmless beggar when we [G] met [F] her at [E] first snow, asking only food [B] and shelter, [G] pray [Am] how could [F] we tell her [E] no?
So [Am] we brought [G] her to [F] our [Am] campsite and [D] went [F] innocent to [E] sleep.
[Em] But in the night [C] she shifted [D] shape [E] and [Am] slaughtered us like sheep. _
_ [F] Never waste [B] your pity on [Am] the snow.
[E] _ _ [F] Always keep [Am] your caution [D] for all you think [E] you know.
[Am] For as the world [F] is beautiful, [C] likewise is [E] it cruel, [Am] and death is [Em] always waiting for [Am] a fool.
_ _ _ _ We were [G] scarcely half [C] a dozen left [G] of all [F] our [E] people dead when we made it to [F] the picket [G] lines [Am] and took [F] to horse [E] and fled.
Far [Am] too [G] late in [Am] glancing backward, truth [D] was [E] branded on our eyes, for a [Em] demon of the snow [D] had been [E] the [G] beggar [Am] in disguise. _ _
[F] Never waste [G] your pity on [C] the snow.
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[F] Always [E] keep your caution [D] for all you think [E] you know.
[Am] For as the [F] world is [Dm] beautiful, [C] likewise is [E] it cruel, [Am] and [Em] death is always waiting [Am] for a fool. _ _
_ _ There were [G] me and [C] my beloved left [G] who [Dm] swore the beast [E] would die, so we went up to [F] the [G] mountain and [B] took sword of she [E] and I.
[Am] All the [G] winter [F] spent in [Am] training there [D] made [Dm] all but [E] memory drown, [Am] then at [Em] Equinox [C] we [D] came back [E] home to [Em] hunt that [Am] demon down.
_ _ [F] Never [G] waste your pity [C] on the snow.
[E] _ _ [F] Always [Am] keep your caution [D] for all you [E] think you know.
[Am] For as the [F] world is beautiful, [C] likewise [E] is it cruel, and death is always waiting [Am] for a fool. _ _ _ _
_ So we [G] stalked the beast [C] and found it [G] and attacked [F] it with [E] sword and shield, and we fought like [F] fiends all [G] three who knew [B] there was no [E] point to yield.
[Am] Till my [G] sword mate [F] could [Am] distract the [D] demon [F] briefly [Em] with her skill, and I flung myself upon [D] the beast [E] for [B] one fast [Am] chance to kill.
_ _ [F] Never [G] waste your pity [C] on the snow.
[E] _ _ [F] Always [Am] keep your caution [D] for all you [E] think you know.
[Am] For as the [F] world is beautiful, [C] likewise [E] is it cruel, [Am] and death is [E] always waiting [Am] for a fool. _ _ _ _
Yes, I [G] threw [C] myself into its [G] claws to [F] strike it [E] true and sound, [Am] and [E] although the [B] demon [G] shredded me, [Am] it [F] tumbled [E] to the ground.
[Am] I, the [G] beast, fell [Dm] dead [Am] upon the [D] stone and [B] I [E] upon the grass, [Em] so glad to [C] see it [D] die and [E] sad to [G] feel my [Am] spirit pass.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Never [G] waste your pity [C] on the snow.
[E] _ _ [F] Always [Am] keep your caution [D] for all you [E] think you know.
[Am] For as the [Dm] world is [Am] beautiful, likewise [E] is it cruel, [Am] and death is [Em] always waiting [Am] for a fool. _ _ _ _
_ But as [G] I had [C] taken goddess [G] oath, I [F] was not free to [E] fly.
So now I [F] walk the [G] earth and [Am] I, the spirit [E] guide, am I.
[Am] And I [G] pass [F] among the [Am] goddess [D] worn [Dm] wherever [E] moonbeams burn, [Am] and I [Em] teach my [C] hard-earned [D] lessons [G] well to any [Am] who would learn.
_ [F] Never [G] waste your pity [Am] on the snow.
[E] _ _ [F] Always [Am] keep your caution [D] for all you [E] think you know.
[Am] For as the [F] world is [B] beautiful, [C] likewise [E] is it cruel, [Am] and death [Em] is always waiting [Am] for a fool.
_ Yes, death [Em] is always waiting [Am] for a fool. _ _ _ _ _
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