Lucky Like St. Sebastian Chords by Momus
Tempo:
103.1 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Am
C
Gm
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Cm]
[C] [Cm]
[Gm] [Dm] [Cm]
[Gm] [Dm]
[C] So upon a time there was a man called Saul [Am] who persecuted Christians
Till he [C] saw the work was bearing fruit for the Christians
[Am] So the man changed his opinions and his Christian [G] name to Paul
Important [Cm]
chapters [B] in the Bible The [Gm] blood on his writing [E] hand reeked of [Ab] high
heaven [D] And Paul resolved to [G] die
[C] So he wrote to friends in Rome The senator who owed him a [Am] favor
Asking for an [C] executioner So Paul could make his exit as a martyr
The senator sent [A] this answer He said,
Should you be [Em] so lucky like Saint [Bm] Sebastian [Dm] Offering the egg till the [A] aspirin
[Em] Swooning as they [B] shoot the [D] arrows through your narrow [Am] chest
Stooping [Em] naked in the circus maximus With a [Dm] martyr eating [Am] lioness
[E] Fartering [B] with flesh for a little [Cm] pain
[G] Seems like this gives [D] sadomasochism [Am] a bad name
So [Gm] [D] [Cm]
[Gm] [G]
[Cm] [Gm] [Dm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Dm] [C] there was a man who loved a woman too [Am] much to give up hope
When he saw she wouldn't touch him [C] with a barge pole
He spent his whole life in the inferno Decomposed in thirty [G]-four candles
[Cm] I'm not [G] your sociopathic [Eb] speculation I'm your hypocrite invader
[E] Same situation, I'm your double [D] Oh me, I'm [G] your brother in pain
[C] But, Allegheri, if you listen There's a difference [Am] between your Beatrice
And my Paula [C] She's anonymous and now a waitress
[Gm] It's comic but not divine [A] The tragedy is no one's die
Should I be so [Em] lucky like Saint Sebastian [D] Going out with a [Am] bankers heavy
Whimpering with [Bm] joy [Dm] as the death [Am] receives his blue-eyed boy
[Cm]
[Em] Surrender unto [Bm] Caesar or to [Am] God, it makes no odds
[Em] There's just one thing the martyr [Cm] wants to say
He [Gm] says, tell me, [D] Mr.
Lincoln, [C]
did you [B] enjoy the play?
[C] [Cm]
[Gm] [Dm] [Cm]
[Gm] [Dm]
[C] So upon a time there was a man called Saul [Am] who persecuted Christians
Till he [C] saw the work was bearing fruit for the Christians
[Am] So the man changed his opinions and his Christian [G] name to Paul
Important [Cm]
chapters [B] in the Bible The [Gm] blood on his writing [E] hand reeked of [Ab] high
heaven [D] And Paul resolved to [G] die
[C] So he wrote to friends in Rome The senator who owed him a [Am] favor
Asking for an [C] executioner So Paul could make his exit as a martyr
The senator sent [A] this answer He said,
Should you be [Em] so lucky like Saint [Bm] Sebastian [Dm] Offering the egg till the [A] aspirin
[Em] Swooning as they [B] shoot the [D] arrows through your narrow [Am] chest
Stooping [Em] naked in the circus maximus With a [Dm] martyr eating [Am] lioness
[E] Fartering [B] with flesh for a little [Cm] pain
[G] Seems like this gives [D] sadomasochism [Am] a bad name
So [Gm] [D] [Cm]
[Gm] [G]
[Cm] [Gm] [Dm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Dm] [C] there was a man who loved a woman too [Am] much to give up hope
When he saw she wouldn't touch him [C] with a barge pole
He spent his whole life in the inferno Decomposed in thirty [G]-four candles
[Cm] I'm not [G] your sociopathic [Eb] speculation I'm your hypocrite invader
[E] Same situation, I'm your double [D] Oh me, I'm [G] your brother in pain
[C] But, Allegheri, if you listen There's a difference [Am] between your Beatrice
And my Paula [C] She's anonymous and now a waitress
[Gm] It's comic but not divine [A] The tragedy is no one's die
Should I be so [Em] lucky like Saint Sebastian [D] Going out with a [Am] bankers heavy
Whimpering with [Bm] joy [Dm] as the death [Am] receives his blue-eyed boy
[Cm]
[Em] Surrender unto [Bm] Caesar or to [Am] God, it makes no odds
[Em] There's just one thing the martyr [Cm] wants to say
He [Gm] says, tell me, [D] Mr.
Lincoln, [C]
did you [B] enjoy the play?
Key:
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C
Gm
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Cm
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[C] So upon a time there was a man called Saul [Am] who persecuted Christians
Till he [C] saw the work was bearing fruit for the Christians
[Am] So the man changed his opinions and his Christian [G] name to Paul
Important _ _ [Cm]
chapters [B] in the Bible The [Gm] blood on his writing [E] hand reeked of [Ab] high
heaven [D] And Paul resolved to [G] die _ _
[C] So he wrote to friends in Rome The senator who owed him a [Am] favor
Asking for an [C] _ executioner So Paul could make his exit as a martyr
The senator sent [A] this answer He said,
Should you be [Em] so lucky like Saint [Bm] Sebastian _ [Dm] Offering the egg till the [A] aspirin
[Em] Swooning as they [B] shoot the [D] arrows through your narrow [Am] chest
Stooping [Em] naked in the circus maximus With a [Dm] martyr eating [Am] lioness
[E] Fartering [B] with flesh for a little [Cm] pain _ _
_ [G] Seems like this gives _ [D] sadomasochism [Am] a bad name
So [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _
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[Dm] _ _ [C] _ there was a man who loved a woman too [Am] much to give up hope
When he saw she wouldn't touch him [C] with a barge pole
He spent his whole life in the inferno Decomposed in thirty [G]-four candles _
[Cm] I'm not [G] your sociopathic [Eb] speculation I'm your hypocrite invader
[E] Same situation, I'm your double [D] Oh me, I'm [G] your brother in pain
_ [C] But, Allegheri, if you listen There's a difference [Am] between your Beatrice
And my Paula [C] She's anonymous and now a waitress
[Gm] It's comic but not divine [A] The tragedy is no one's die
Should I be so [Em] lucky like Saint Sebastian [D] Going out with a [Am] bankers heavy
Whimpering with [Bm] joy [Dm] as the death [Am] receives his blue-eyed boy
[Cm] _ _ _
[Em] Surrender unto [Bm] Caesar or to [Am] God, it makes no odds
[Em] There's just one thing the martyr [Cm] wants to say
He [Gm] says, tell me, [D] Mr.
Lincoln, [C] _
_ did you [B] enjoy the play? _ _
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[C] So upon a time there was a man called Saul [Am] who persecuted Christians
Till he [C] saw the work was bearing fruit for the Christians
[Am] So the man changed his opinions and his Christian [G] name to Paul
Important _ _ [Cm]
chapters [B] in the Bible The [Gm] blood on his writing [E] hand reeked of [Ab] high
heaven [D] And Paul resolved to [G] die _ _
[C] So he wrote to friends in Rome The senator who owed him a [Am] favor
Asking for an [C] _ executioner So Paul could make his exit as a martyr
The senator sent [A] this answer He said,
Should you be [Em] so lucky like Saint [Bm] Sebastian _ [Dm] Offering the egg till the [A] aspirin
[Em] Swooning as they [B] shoot the [D] arrows through your narrow [Am] chest
Stooping [Em] naked in the circus maximus With a [Dm] martyr eating [Am] lioness
[E] Fartering [B] with flesh for a little [Cm] pain _ _
_ [G] Seems like this gives _ [D] sadomasochism [Am] a bad name
So [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ there was a man who loved a woman too [Am] much to give up hope
When he saw she wouldn't touch him [C] with a barge pole
He spent his whole life in the inferno Decomposed in thirty [G]-four candles _
[Cm] I'm not [G] your sociopathic [Eb] speculation I'm your hypocrite invader
[E] Same situation, I'm your double [D] Oh me, I'm [G] your brother in pain
_ [C] But, Allegheri, if you listen There's a difference [Am] between your Beatrice
And my Paula [C] She's anonymous and now a waitress
[Gm] It's comic but not divine [A] The tragedy is no one's die
Should I be so [Em] lucky like Saint Sebastian [D] Going out with a [Am] bankers heavy
Whimpering with [Bm] joy [Dm] as the death [Am] receives his blue-eyed boy
[Cm] _ _ _
[Em] Surrender unto [Bm] Caesar or to [Am] God, it makes no odds
[Em] There's just one thing the martyr [Cm] wants to say
He [Gm] says, tell me, [D] Mr.
Lincoln, [C] _
_ did you [B] enjoy the play? _ _
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