Chords for JEZ LOWE THE PITMAN POETS

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We sing our [C] bands to sleep with songs [G] that work as may,
_ _ _ [Cm] Rilled them [C] with black dust, bogeymen, [Gm] when day is done. _
[Cm] But these gods [F] and mighty giants and [G] old fairy tales,
_ [Eb] When men had [Bb] walked amongst us once, [Cm] but now they're gone.
_ These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden _ [G] poets told me so. _ _
[Gm] _ These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden _ [Cm] poets told me so.
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ They jowled, [Gm]
jowled and listened as their actin' paid. _ _
[Cm] A lifetime [C] lit by lamplight and a [G] twice-sky old sun.
_ And through the [F] crowd beneath our [Gm] feet they're chewing _ licked.
[Eb] Some were swallowed [Bb] with a mighty swipe, [Cm] but the earth so tongued.
These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden [G] poets told me so.
_ _ These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden poets [Cm]
told me so.
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And the women [C] watched and waited ever [Gm] strong and bold.
_ _ _ [Cm] Laughed and [Eb] loved despite [Bb] those many [Gm] mouths of fear.
_ [Cm] And damned the [F] fat cat masses [G] and the lies they [Gm] told. _
[Eb] As they sacrificed [Bb] good men to the [Cm] gods of gain and greed.
These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden [Gm] poets told me so.
_ _ _ [Ab] These things I know, [Bb] the forbidden poets [Cm] told me so. _
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_ _ [Cm] _ The bully wheels and [Gm] white machines grew cold and still. _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ Unions lay [G] broken by [Gm] deceit and lie.
_ [Cm] Sad eyes were [F] left to stare down [Gm] from the pit of death.
_ _ [Eb] The glory [Bb] of the lives they led [Cm] will never die.
These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden [Gm] poets told me so.
_ _ _ These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden [Cm] poets told me so.
_ _ _ These [Ab] things I know, the forbidden [G] poets told me so.
[Gm] _ These [Ab] things I know, [Bb] the forbidden poets [Cm]
told me so.
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