Chords for Threes - Take Three

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Deeply [Bbm] into bankruptcy, at last it can be told
[Db] A witch and [Bb] an assassin [Db] hatch a plan to [F] get some gold
[Bbm] They hire several guardsmen, [Db] but if all goes [Bbm] as they planned
They'll never [F] have to pay them, they'll be [Bb] slaughtered to a [Db] man
Three holes in their contract, termination for no [F] cause
[Bb] No workman's compensation and no life insurance clause
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Disguised as honest women, then they haggle and [Bbm] cajole
[Db] A payment from [Bbm] a businessman [Db] whose first and foremost [F] goal
[Bbm] Is vengeance for a daughter lost in one of the attacks
He figures [F] ill deducted when the king collects [Bbm] his tax
[Db] Three aren't [Bb] what they seem, the [Db] guard who guards a [F] secret plot
[Bbm] The lady who's no lady and the maiden who is not
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One among the guardsmen trips with gems of [Bbm] costly size
[Db] The witch [Bbm] perceives he also [Db] wears a magical [F] disguise
You might think this alone would [Ab] be a giveaway [Bb] right there
But they're too [F] busy plotting out their strategy [Bb] to care
[Db] Three things [Bbm] are no fun, the [Db] answer right [F] before your [Eb] eyes
A poker hand that's folded and a fight where no one dies
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From ambush as expected, vandals swarm to claim their prize
[Db] The maiden [Bbm] has a [Db] mercenary gleam in [F] her cold [Bbm] eyes
The lady [Db] does her nails while all her [Bbm] guardsmen's blood is spilled
They cannot [F] prove their innocence except by [Bb] being killed
[Db] Three [Bbm] things are most [Db] perilous, a victim [F] with a grin
A secret you're not in on and a test you cannot win
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The maiden [Bb] watches helplessly throughout the whole attack
[Db] Then hacks up [Bbm] half a hood, lums [Db] with one hand behind her [Bb] back
The lady [Bbm] makes a gesture and the other half are fried
The guardsmen [F] jest her back as they lie dying [Bb] on the side
[Db] Three things [Bbm] never count on [Db] when your life is [F] on the line
A sword with rust, a bow with cracks and a woman's sense of time
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witch decides what shape the traitor's punishment will be
[Db] Her positive [Bbm] self-image [Db] is revealed for [F] all to see
[Eb] The worst thing she can think of is not a noob or [Bb] bat or motto
She turns [F] him to a woman and then sets him [Bb] on the road
[Db] Three things [Bb] that you'll never [Db] find, a hen's tooth [F] on a goose
[Bbm] A woman's sense of humor, in chameleons you turn loose
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Three easy [Bb] steps to justice, one to grab the [Bbm] guards in doubt
[Db] Then butcher the [Bbm] whole bunch and [Db] let the goddess [F] sort them out
[Bbm] They spare a few sad glances [Bb] at the loyal men cut down
And then they [F] count their booty and ride laughing [Bb] back to town
[Db] Three [Bb] survive unscathed, the [Db] mage whose sword knows [F] every trick
The fighter who's a cleric and the guard who called in sick
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