Chords for The Church - Block

_ _ I was down in the city on a miracle street.
I flailed like a swimmer through the summer [Dm] heat.
I [D] was waiting for a friend that I needed to [F] meet.
And [D] I was hoping she was bringing with her something [Dm] sweet.
And [Bb] I was hoping for an open little opening.
And I suffered for a groovy little happening.
[Dm] But it's [D] all going wrong just like I sing in that song.
The [D] song I wrote about you [Dm] that they put on TV.
The TV that I gave you cause you wanted to [G] see.
[D] Where all these old spaces [G] where the people used to be.
[Bb] A hundred miles to voyage with that pull on [Am] me.
In [Bb] the valley of death you'll be breathless [D] and free. _ _ _
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_ _ [D] You'll be dancing like a fool [Dm] by the solar sea.
You'll be [D] twitching like a drunk in a pharmacy.
You'll be spotting at the flies in the media.
Where the millionaires just threw up a cindia.
_ [Bb] The fingernails are all hot from the heat.
When the traffic grinds down to a standstill.
[D] And the monitors are pecking at the carry on.
You read it already [Dm] in Hyperion.
[D] You read about my trial in the clarion.
A sack full of ashes I've been carrying.
[Bb] When the lights turn green I dissolve the scene.
When the lights turn red I put the whole thing [D] to bed.
Well I've got a fever _ and I'm feeling fainter.
[Gm] _ _ I'm a dim receiver.
_ _ I'm a cold wall painter.
[Bb] _ If you can just hold still I will make you all [D] so beautiful. _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] When the lights turn blue I know what to do.
I'll drown my tomorrows with an ocean of tears.
[D] And the pretty little things [Dm] with their magnets and rings.
[D] Blooming like a flower [Dm] through the seasons.
_ _ [D] Thank you fate and the threat that you [G] bring.
[D] Thank you Fortuna and the sun that she sees.
[Bb] Thank you to my manager for letting me live.
_ Thank you to my friends and the friends [D] that you leave. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] Thank you to the Lord who created all this.
There's a whole lot of hurt before you get to the bliss.
Do [D] I leave when Jesus Christ was betrayed by the kiss?
But that was long before that he got and showed it.
Well I understand the land and the land you don't see.
But when I try to walk _ I'm sinking [Bb] you see. _ _ _
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_ _ I'm a dim receiver.
[G] _ _ I'm a cold wall painter.
[Bb] If you could just hold still I will make you all [D] so beautiful. _ _
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