Chords for Van der Graaf Generator "Emperor In His War-Room: The Emperor/The Room"

_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
Standing in the space that _
_ _ [G] _ holds the [F] silent [Em] peace and light _ [Am] away [Dm] from you, _
_ _ [E] _ you think that
you [Em] can _ _ hold _ _ the [G] _
[F] searing molten [Em] gold between [Dm] your _ fingers.
_ _ [B] _
[C] This _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ slip through _ [C] tearing tendons as it goes, _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
exposing the [E] white of a knuckle, [C] _
flesh and
metal forming [B] letters in [E] _ the _ _ _ mold.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Cradling your gun _ _ after _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] choosing [Bm] the ones you think [Dm] should _ _ die.
_ _ _ [Em] _
Lying on the hill, _ _
_ _ _ [G] crawling [F] over [Em] the windowsill into [Am] your _ [Dm] living room.
We [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ spell out the right [C] aimless heads, _
[Bm] _ [E] bodies torn by vultures.
_ [C] You are the man who stands a rank [E] with the smell of death.
You _
[G] _ are [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D]
the _ _ _ [Em] _ son [G] of the weak, _ _ [D] friend of the [C] sore [B] ones, [A] keeper of the peace. _
_ [Em] _ All of [F] what is this, the [G] only way you [A] know. _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] Looking at [Em] a sea, _ _ _ _ _ [G] a [F] flattened plain [Em] of weed _ which bears [Dm] no living.
[Am] _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] You crush life in your fist _ _ _ _ _ [G] as your [F] heart is [Em] kissed [A#] by the lips [A] _ [B] of death. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] Open wide, _ [C] like space steel, you're my [E] vomit socket. _ _ _ _ _
[C] And the fall hangs fallen [E] on your _ _ cheek.
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Complaining [Em] tongues are still. _ _ _ _
A [G] thousand [F] mouths [Em] are filled with [Am] rusted _ [A] metal.
[F] _ _ [Em] _
Your face a shade of green. _
_ _ _ _ [G] Somehow you [F]
try to speak through [Am] all the gullible _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
and you [C] cannot frame the words.
_ [E] As your heart _ _ _
_ _ [C] throws your flame into the [D] flames and [E] you are first.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
Slaver [A] of the poor lads, protector of the weak.
_ _ Friend of the sore ones, keeper of the peace.
_ [Em] _ All of [F] what is this, the [G] only way you [A] _
[A] know.
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[G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ Live like [B] Ron and you shall die so.
All your ma shall [D] come to [E] know.
_ Every life you take is [D] part of your [E] own.
Death not ma is [D] what you [E] fall. _
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_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ The _ _
_ [G] Outriders of Doom
Now [F] the Outriders [Em] of Doom step on [Am] your _ [Dm] threshold. _
_ [Fm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] Begging [Em] for your life. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] As the _ [Em] impartial knife sinks in [Dm] your _ screaming _ throat.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Widow, my ass, nearly [C] taking murder's toll.
You [E] must pay the price of hate [C] and that price [D] is [E] your _ _ _ soul.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Live [F] in peace _ [G] or _ die [Am] forever _ _ _ in _ [G] your [F] _ _ _
womb.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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