Chords for The Saint of Lost Causes
Tempo:
118.95 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Cm
Gm
C
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Ab]
[Gm] [Cm]
[Ab]
[C] I'm a bad [Cm] dream, [Ab]
[G] not a nightmare, [C] I'm too pretty for that.
[Gm] You [C] see I'm the last thing [Ab] you wanna [G] see come, I'm [Ab] the reason they say watch your [Ab] back.
[G] [C] But for so [Cm] long, I [Ab] was like a wounded hound, [Cm] back to a chain link fence.
[Gm] The [Bb] [Cm] world at large [Ab] is just a big [Gm] mean kid, [C] poking me through the fence with [Fm] a stick.
[Gm] [Cm]
[Ab]
[C] I'm a bad [Cm] dream, [Ab]
[G] not a nightmare, [C] I'm too pretty for that.
[Gm] You [C] see I'm the last thing [Ab] you wanna [G] see come, I'm [Ab] the reason they say watch your [Ab] back.
[G] [C] But for so [Cm] long, I [Ab] was like a wounded hound, [Cm] back to a chain link fence.
[Gm] The [Bb] [Cm] world at large [Ab] is just a big [Gm] mean kid, [C] poking me through the fence with [Fm] a stick.
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_ [C] _ I'm a bad [Cm] dream, _ [Ab] _
[G] not a nightmare, [C] I'm too pretty for that.
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_ [Gm] You [C] see I'm the last thing [Ab] you wanna [G] see come, I'm [Ab] the reason they say watch your [Ab] back.
_ [G] _ [C] But for so [Cm] long, I [Ab] was like a wounded hound, [Cm] back to a chain link fence.
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[Gm] The _ [Bb] _ [Cm] world at large [Ab] is just a big [Gm] mean kid, [C] poking me through the fence with [Fm] a stick.
_ [Cm] _ _ Ain't nobody [Ab] born bad, _ [Cm] that takes a whole [Ab] lot of hurt.
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ Therein lies [Ab] one of life's biggest [Cm] lessons, got nothing to do with [Ab] dessert.
_ [Gm] _ [F] Just pray, _ _ [Fm] _
[Ab] you've seen [Cm] a lost god. _ _
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_ _ [G] It's a cruel world, _ _ it ain't hard to understand.
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_ _ [Cm] _ You got your sheep, [Ab]
you [Gm] got your shepherds, you got your [C] wolves amongst men. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ It can be hard [Ab] to tell, [G] when [Cm] I find a wolf and the shepherds are [Ab] close.
_ _ _ [Cm] But now and then, [Ab] you're gonna [Eb] find sheep and the [Ab] monks all in trouble. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ No more [G] folks is most afraid [C] of the wolf.
But if you really stop and think, _ _ _ who are the times between a wolf [Eb] and a shepherd?
[Cm] You think, has killed more [Ab] sheep.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] Now there's nothing [Ab] can be done, [Gm] _ _ [C] _ it's just the [D] way it goes.
[Gm] _ _ [C] First you get bad, [Ab] then you get [Cm] mean, and there's nothing left but to grow [F] cold.
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] Then pray, _ _ _ [Gm] you've seen a [Cm] lost god.
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ Some will say [Cm] I've got no [Gm] feeling, no heart and [Cm] surely no shame.
_ [Fm] _ Truth is that this [Eb] has been with me so long, that I [Gm] grasp in it a kind of life with pain.
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_ [Cm] _ _ How [C] many encounters you ever had?
_ _ [Cm] Better yet, how many wolves you [Ab] ever seen?
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] You got about as much [Ab] chance of seeing one of [Gm] them, as you do [Cm] running into me.
_ [Ab] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] Still take nothing [G] for granted, [Bb] _ might live on the best block in Beverly Hills.
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ Be sure you [D] lock up tight [F] tonight, [Cm] you know poor folks ain't got nothing [Ab] to steal.
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] Just pray, _
[Ab] you've seen [Cm] a lost god. _ _
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_ [C] _ I'm a bad [Cm] dream, _ [Ab] _
[G] not a nightmare, [C] I'm too pretty for that.
_ [Ab] _
_ [Gm] You [C] see I'm the last thing [Ab] you wanna [G] see come, I'm [Ab] the reason they say watch your [Ab] back.
_ [G] _ [C] But for so [Cm] long, I [Ab] was like a wounded hound, [Cm] back to a chain link fence.
[Ab] _
[Gm] The _ [Bb] _ [Cm] world at large [Ab] is just a big [Gm] mean kid, [C] poking me through the fence with [Fm] a stick.
_ [Cm] _ _ Ain't nobody [Ab] born bad, _ [Cm] that takes a whole [Ab] lot of hurt.
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ Therein lies [Ab] one of life's biggest [Cm] lessons, got nothing to do with [Ab] dessert.
_ [Gm] _ [F] Just pray, _ _ [Fm] _
[Ab] you've seen [Cm] a lost god. _ _
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_ _ [G] It's a cruel world, _ _ it ain't hard to understand.
_ [Ab] _
_ _ [Cm] _ You got your sheep, [Ab]
you [Gm] got your shepherds, you got your [C] wolves amongst men. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ It can be hard [Ab] to tell, [G] when [Cm] I find a wolf and the shepherds are [Ab] close.
_ _ _ [Cm] But now and then, [Ab] you're gonna [Eb] find sheep and the [Ab] monks all in trouble. _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ No more [G] folks is most afraid [C] of the wolf.
But if you really stop and think, _ _ _ who are the times between a wolf [Eb] and a shepherd?
[Cm] You think, has killed more [Ab] sheep.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] Now there's nothing [Ab] can be done, [Gm] _ _ [C] _ it's just the [D] way it goes.
[Gm] _ _ [C] First you get bad, [Ab] then you get [Cm] mean, and there's nothing left but to grow [F] cold.
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] Then pray, _ _ _ [Gm] you've seen a [Cm] lost god.
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_ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ Some will say [Cm] I've got no [Gm] feeling, no heart and [Cm] surely no shame.
_ [Fm] _ Truth is that this [Eb] has been with me so long, that I [Gm] grasp in it a kind of life with pain.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Cm] _ _ How [C] many encounters you ever had?
_ _ [Cm] Better yet, how many wolves you [Ab] ever seen?
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] You got about as much [Ab] chance of seeing one of [Gm] them, as you do [Cm] running into me.
_ [Ab] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] Still take nothing [G] for granted, [Bb] _ might live on the best block in Beverly Hills.
[G] _ _ [Cm] _ Be sure you [D] lock up tight [F] tonight, [Cm] you know poor folks ain't got nothing [Ab] to steal.
[Eb] _ _ [Fm] Just pray, _
[Ab] you've seen [Cm] a lost god. _ _
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