Chords for Sol Invictus - Abattoirs of Love

_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I put my back against an oak, thinking it was some trusty tree,
_ But first it bent and then it broke, and so did my false love to me.
[C] I put my hand into a bush, _ thinking some [E] sweetest flower to find,
I pricked my finger to the bone, _ leaving the sweetest [C] flower behind.
_ _ Whole meeting is a pleasure, _ [B] and parting [E] is a grief,
_ But an unconstant lover is worse than [C] any thief.
_ A thief will all but rob you, [Am] _ [Em] and take all that you have saved,
But an unconstant lover will bring you to the grave.
_ The grave, [C] it will decay you, and turn you into dust.
_ There's not one in a thousand that you can trust.
They'll kiss you, and they'll [C] court you, and tell to you more lies.
As the hairs upon [Em] your head, love, or the stars in the skies,
_ Come all you young lovers, a warning take by me.
Don't place your affection [Em] on a green willow tree,
_ For the leaves they will wither, [C] the branches will decay,
[Em] _
And all your poor love will soon fall away.
For the leaves will wither, the branches [C] will decay,
_ And all your poor love will soon fall away. _
For the leaves they will wither, the branches will decay,
_ And all your poor love will soon fall away.
For the leaves will wither, and the branches will decay,
[D] _
_ [C] And all your poor [E] love will [D] soon fall away.
[C] _ _ _
We [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ hung [D]
upon [C] a hook, _ _ _ [Em] _
caught [D] me to the [C] bone,
_ [D] _
_ [Em] _ Closed me [D] _ with a [C] kiss, _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ laid [D] _
[C] upon your throne,
_ _ [Am] In the _ [G] albatross [F] of love, _ _ in [Am] the [G] albatross _ [F] of love,
_ _ [Am] In the _ [G] albatross _ [F] of love, _ [G] in [Am] the _ [G] albatross [F] of love. _
_ [Em] You're in [D] the serpent [C] _
jaws, _ [D] love [Em] chains [G] you to [C] the floor,
_ _ [Em] Like foes [D] you climb [C] so high, _
[D] _ [Em] it's further [D] than [C] to fall.
_ _ [D] In [Am] the _ [G]
albatross [F] of love, _ [Am] in the _ [G] albatross _ [F] of love,
In [Am] the _ [G] albatross [F] of love, _ [G] in [Am] the _ [G]
albatross [F] of love.
_ _ _ [A] _
Love's [G] a term for [F] foes, for [G] foes.
[A] _ Love's a [G] term [C] for foes, [G] for foes.
_ [A] _ Love's a [G] term for [F] foes, for [G] foes. _
_ [A] Love's a term for [F] foes, [G] for foes.
_ [Am] _ Love's [G] a term for [F] foes, for [G] foes.
_ _ [Am]
Love's a term for [F] foes, for [G] foes.
_ [Am] _ Love's [G] a term for [F]
foes, for [G] foes.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _