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[Intro]
| Bm - F# | G - D | - A - | Bm - F# |
| G - D | - A D | - - - | - - A |
| Bm - D | - A - | D - A | Bm - D |
| - A D | - - - |
[Verse 1]
Bm F# G
They're taking pictures of the man from God
D A
I hope his cassock's clean
Bm F# G
The burden of being a holy fella's
D A D
Your halo'd better gleam, better gleam
A Bm
What of all those wayward priests?
D A
The ones who like to drink
D A Bm
Do you suppose they'd swap their blood for wine
D A D
Like you swapped yours for ink, for ink
[Verse 2]
Bm F# G
You wrote me ohsomany letters
D A
And all of them seemed true
Bm F# G
Promises look good on paper
D A D
Especially from you, from you
A Bm
The weight of all those willing words
D A
I carried all alone
D A Bm
You wouldn't put your pen to bed
D A D
When we hadn't found our own, our own
[Break]
| G - Bm/E | - - - |
| A - G | - Bm/E - | D -
[Verse 3]
A Bm F# G
Your sentences rose high at night
D A
And circled round my head
Bm F# G
The circle's since been broken
D A D
Like the priest before me is breaking bread
A Bm
I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ
D A
And soon I'll eat his flesh
D A Bm
I'm alone again before the altar
D A D
Shedding all my old regrets
[Verse 4]
Bm F# G
The last of which I'll tell you now
D A
As it flies down the sink
Bm F# G
I never knew a part of you
D A D
You didn't set in ink, in ink
A Bm
The letters that you left behind
D A
No longer shall I read
D A Bm
Your blood's between the pa_ges
D A D
And I can't stand to see you bleed
[Bridge]
Bm - |
| F# G - | - - A | - Bm - | F# G - |
| - - A | D - - | - -
[Interlude]
Bm | - F# G |
| - D - | A - Bm | - F# G | - D - |
| A D - | - - - | - A Bm | - D - |
| A - D | - A Bm | - D - | A D - |
| - -
[Verse 5]
Bm F# G
And I'll soon forget what was never there
D A
Your words are ash and dust
Bm F# G
All that's left is the song I've sung
D A D
The breath I've taken and the one I must
A
If you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ
Bm D
People of letters,
A
your warning stands clear:
D A Bm
Pay heed to your heart and not to your wit
D A D
Don't say in a letter what you can't in my ear
[Outro]
Bm | - F# G |
| - D - | A - Bm | - F# G | - D - |
| A D - | - - - | - A Bm | - D - |
| A - D | - A Bm | - D - | A D - |
[Intro]
| Bm - F# | G - D | - A - | Bm - F# |
| G - D | - A D | - - - | - - A |
| Bm - D | - A - | D - A | Bm - D |
| - A D | - - - |
[Verse 1]
| Bm - F# | G - D |
| - A - | Bm - F# | G - D | - A D |
| - - - | - - A | Bm - D | - A - |
| D - A | Bm - D | - A D | - - - |
They're taking pictures of the man from God
I hope his cassock's clean
The burden of being a holy fella's
Your halo'd better gleam, better gleam
What of all those wayward priests?
The ones who like to drink
Do you suppose they'd swap their blood for wine
Like you swapped yours for ink, for ink
[Verse 2]
| Bm - F# | G - D | - A - | Bm - F# |
| G - D | - A D | - - - | - - A |
| Bm - D | - A - | D - A | Bm - D |
| - A D | - - - |
You wrote me ohsomany letters
And all of them seemed true
Promises look good on paper
Especially from you, from you
The weight of all those willing words
I carried all alone
You wouldn't put your pen to bed
When we hadn't found our own, our own
[Break]
| G - Bm/E | - - - |
| A - G | - Bm/E - | D -
[Verse 3]
A | - Bm - |
| F# G - | D - A | - Bm - | F# G - |
| D - A | D - - | - - - | A Bm - |
| D - A | - D - | A Bm - | D - A |
| D - - | -
Your sentences rose high at night
And circled round my head
The circle's since been broken
Like the priest before me is breaking bread
I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ
And soon I'll eat his flesh
I'm alone again before the altar
Shedding all my old regrets
[Verse 4]
Bm - | F# G - | D - A |
| - Bm - | F# G - | D - A | D - - |
| - - - | A Bm - | D - A | - D - |
| A Bm - | D - A | D - - | -
The last of which I'll tell you now
As it flies down the sink
I never knew a part of you
You didn't set in ink, in ink
The letters that you left behind
No longer shall I read
Your blood's between the pa_ges
And I can't stand to see you bleed
[Bridge]
Bm - |
| F# G - | - - A | - Bm - | F# G - |
| - - A | D - - | - -
[Interlude]
Bm | - F# G |
| - D - | A - Bm | - F# G | - D - |
| A D - | - - - | - A Bm | - D - |
| A - D | - A Bm | - D - | A D - |
| - -
[Verse 5]
Bm | - F# G | - D - | A - Bm |
| - F# G | - D - | A D - | - - - |
| - A Bm | - D - | A - D | - A Bm |
| - D - | A D - | - -
And I'll soon forget what was never there
Your words are ash and dust
All that's left is the song I've sung
The breath I've taken and the one I must
If you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ
People of letters,
your warning stands clear:
Pay heed to your heart and not to your wit
Don't say in a letter what you can't in my ear
[Outro]
Bm | - F# G |
| - D - | A - Bm | - F# G | - D - |
| A D - | - - - | - A Bm | - D - |
| A - D | - A Bm | - D - | A D - |
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