Chords for Shawn Phillips performs "Times of a Madman, Trials of a Thief" & "For 8500 Years"
Tempo:
85.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
Am
D
F
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [D] [B]
[Am]
[B]
[A]
A [D] promise, a decision, a squalling belief.
Dashing in bedrooms and hocus-pocus [Am] [D] for pleasure.
[Am] Constant abuse, a burning of the spine.
[D] Topless devils, the devil's delight.
[Dm] Hazy as dying, away from [Am] the light in their dead.
In pleasure, footing the future as part of the bill.
[D] Thought is within you and works to your will.
[Dm] Hating to stay there and watch [Am] while you kill all your sons and daughters.
In an impoverished, absurdly enchant [D] justification to raid and to [Dm] rant.
Nineteen years older, we've [Am] learned to change things gently.
Love is the love that's your white baby [A] blue.
And there's a woman called God's when it's true.
Never some trap [B] comes to rescue [Am] you, but the fire is raging.
Open your mind and your heart to be still.
Peace [D] is the endlessly crest of the hill.
[B]
Quietly shattering and soft [Am] as a quill, and it stays forever.
Reality's frozen in the heart of your heart.
[D] Simply believe it and then you can start.
[B] Truth is the answer and not just the [Am] part, but the words.
Lens below the humility struggles on this speck of dust.
Vaguely respecting the [B] fast-warming rust.
Worthless as [Am] beauty, it's under the crust and it's formless faces.
Exotic folks revel in ignorance and fear.
[Bm] You are belittled when this is too near.
[Dm] So names absurd and it shouldn't [A] be here, or we all love it.
[F] [E]
[A] For in a hundred years, it's [C] thirty million years ago.
We lost the [Em] domain of the [E] world.
Smoke [A] and war.
A wholesome lifestyle doesn't [F] have us looking in retreat.
So we steal [E] lives to be living.
Time to suffer, eat [A] the floor.
And possibly a free spread [C] of God's [F] creation.
We've been breathing, [E] we've been breathing.
We've been breathing anything that [A] comes to mind.
We're [Bb] just human sacrifices.
Only [E] the few who've seen the star get [A] to find.
[F] [E]
[A]
[D] [F] [Em]
[A] We've been breathing, we've [F] been breathing.
God's creation.
[Em] [A]
[F] [Em]
[A]
[N]
[Am]
[B]
[A]
A [D] promise, a decision, a squalling belief.
Dashing in bedrooms and hocus-pocus [Am] [D] for pleasure.
[Am] Constant abuse, a burning of the spine.
[D] Topless devils, the devil's delight.
[Dm] Hazy as dying, away from [Am] the light in their dead.
In pleasure, footing the future as part of the bill.
[D] Thought is within you and works to your will.
[Dm] Hating to stay there and watch [Am] while you kill all your sons and daughters.
In an impoverished, absurdly enchant [D] justification to raid and to [Dm] rant.
Nineteen years older, we've [Am] learned to change things gently.
Love is the love that's your white baby [A] blue.
And there's a woman called God's when it's true.
Never some trap [B] comes to rescue [Am] you, but the fire is raging.
Open your mind and your heart to be still.
Peace [D] is the endlessly crest of the hill.
[B]
Quietly shattering and soft [Am] as a quill, and it stays forever.
Reality's frozen in the heart of your heart.
[D] Simply believe it and then you can start.
[B] Truth is the answer and not just the [Am] part, but the words.
Lens below the humility struggles on this speck of dust.
Vaguely respecting the [B] fast-warming rust.
Worthless as [Am] beauty, it's under the crust and it's formless faces.
Exotic folks revel in ignorance and fear.
[Bm] You are belittled when this is too near.
[Dm] So names absurd and it shouldn't [A] be here, or we all love it.
[F] [E]
[A] For in a hundred years, it's [C] thirty million years ago.
We lost the [Em] domain of the [E] world.
Smoke [A] and war.
A wholesome lifestyle doesn't [F] have us looking in retreat.
So we steal [E] lives to be living.
Time to suffer, eat [A] the floor.
And possibly a free spread [C] of God's [F] creation.
We've been breathing, [E] we've been breathing.
We've been breathing anything that [A] comes to mind.
We're [Bb] just human sacrifices.
Only [E] the few who've seen the star get [A] to find.
[F] [E]
[A]
[D] [F] [Em]
[A] We've been breathing, we've [F] been breathing.
God's creation.
[Em] [A]
[F] [Em]
[A]
[N]
Key:
A
Am
D
F
B
A
Am
D
[Am] _ [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A [D] promise, a decision, a squalling belief.
Dashing in bedrooms and hocus-pocus [Am] [D] for pleasure.
[Am] Constant abuse, a burning of the spine.
[D] Topless devils, the devil's delight.
[Dm] Hazy as dying, away from [Am] the light in their dead.
_ In pleasure, footing the future as part of the bill.
[D] Thought is within you and works to your will.
[Dm] Hating to stay there and watch [Am] while you kill all your sons and daughters.
In an impoverished, absurdly enchant [D] justification to raid and to [Dm] rant.
Nineteen years older, we've [Am] learned to change things gently.
Love is the love that's your white baby [A] blue.
And there's a woman called God's when it's true.
Never some trap [B] comes to rescue [Am] you, but the fire is raging.
Open your mind and your heart to be still.
Peace [D] is the endlessly crest of the hill.
[B]
Quietly shattering and soft [Am] as a quill, and it stays forever. _
Reality's frozen in the heart of your heart.
[D] Simply believe it and then you can start.
[B] Truth is the answer and not just the [Am] part, but the words.
Lens below the humility struggles on this speck of dust.
Vaguely respecting the [B] fast-warming rust.
Worthless as [Am] beauty, it's under the crust and it's formless faces.
Exotic folks revel in ignorance and fear.
[Bm] You are belittled when this is too near.
[Dm] So names absurd and it shouldn't [A] be here, or we all love it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ For in a hundred years, it's [C] thirty million years ago.
We lost the [Em] domain of the [E] world.
Smoke [A] and war.
_ A wholesome lifestyle doesn't [F] have us looking in retreat.
So we steal [E] lives to be living.
Time to suffer, eat [A] the floor.
_ _ And possibly a free spread [C] of God's [F] creation.
We've been breathing, [E] we've been breathing.
We've been breathing anything that [A] comes to _ _ mind. _
We're [Bb] just human sacrifices.
Only [E] the few who've seen the star get [A] to find. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ We've been breathing, we've [F] been breathing.
God's creation.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A [D] promise, a decision, a squalling belief.
Dashing in bedrooms and hocus-pocus [Am] [D] for pleasure.
[Am] Constant abuse, a burning of the spine.
[D] Topless devils, the devil's delight.
[Dm] Hazy as dying, away from [Am] the light in their dead.
_ In pleasure, footing the future as part of the bill.
[D] Thought is within you and works to your will.
[Dm] Hating to stay there and watch [Am] while you kill all your sons and daughters.
In an impoverished, absurdly enchant [D] justification to raid and to [Dm] rant.
Nineteen years older, we've [Am] learned to change things gently.
Love is the love that's your white baby [A] blue.
And there's a woman called God's when it's true.
Never some trap [B] comes to rescue [Am] you, but the fire is raging.
Open your mind and your heart to be still.
Peace [D] is the endlessly crest of the hill.
[B]
Quietly shattering and soft [Am] as a quill, and it stays forever. _
Reality's frozen in the heart of your heart.
[D] Simply believe it and then you can start.
[B] Truth is the answer and not just the [Am] part, but the words.
Lens below the humility struggles on this speck of dust.
Vaguely respecting the [B] fast-warming rust.
Worthless as [Am] beauty, it's under the crust and it's formless faces.
Exotic folks revel in ignorance and fear.
[Bm] You are belittled when this is too near.
[Dm] So names absurd and it shouldn't [A] be here, or we all love it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ For in a hundred years, it's [C] thirty million years ago.
We lost the [Em] domain of the [E] world.
Smoke [A] and war.
_ A wholesome lifestyle doesn't [F] have us looking in retreat.
So we steal [E] lives to be living.
Time to suffer, eat [A] the floor.
_ _ And possibly a free spread [C] of God's [F] creation.
We've been breathing, [E] we've been breathing.
We've been breathing anything that [A] comes to _ _ mind. _
We're [Bb] just human sacrifices.
Only [E] the few who've seen the star get [A] to find. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ We've been breathing, we've [F] been breathing.
God's creation.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _