e|-------2-2h3p2-------2-3-2-3-5-3-2h3p2---------|
B|--3-4----------4-3-4--------------------3-4~---|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
e|------------2-3-5-3-2---------2-3-5--|
B|----3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3--------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
e|-----------2-3-5-3-2-----------------|
B|---3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-1-1-3---|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
| | D |
| T | 'was in the early evenin' |
| Near the presence of the moon |
| You told me you would meet me here |
| | G |
| Th | is dagger twisting in my back |
| | D |
| Tells | me I never should |
| | G |
| Have t | rusted everything to fall |
| | F | A |
| From b | eggar to the f | ool |
| | D |
| I | see your face like every race |
| Devouring me while rains the sun |
| With dreams in foreign lands |
| | G |
| This | cold and dark tormented hell |
| | G |
| So w | hen you get to heaven |
| | F | A |
| May the d | evil be the j | udge |
| With another bag of bricks |
| | D |
| | I scratch your name across these walls |
| And with my blood turns red |
| Then drips upon my killing floor |
| | G |
| No pr | ecious light to harbor |
| | D |
| Like so | many here before |
| | G |
| And e | very drop of life you shed |
| | F | A |
| Now b | reathes a thousand m | ore |
| With another bag of bricks |
| | A |
| T | emper filled with blindness |
| Leads this lost and lonely man |
| Dragged around your whipping tree |
| A scourge you can't command |
| | D |
| So | deafen me with silence |
| Scowl me with your hollow eyes |
| Still burnin' to the core |
| | G |
| No d | oor will go unanswered |
| | D |
| Like so | many closed before |
| | G |
| No v | agabond to knock upon |
| | D |
| This | tired and beatin' war |
| | G |
| When a | ll return to exile |
| | D |
| F | ree from all once bound |
| | G |
| De | cline and brawl old parasites |
| | F | A |
| The t | ruth will yet be f | ound |
| With another bag of bricks |
| D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G |
| D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G |
| *Then D over the accordion solo* |
| This cold and dark tormented hell |
| So when you get to heaven |
| May the devil be the judge |
| | A |
| | Temper filled with blindness |
| Leads this lost and lonely man |
| Dragged around your whipping tree |
| A scourge you can't command |
| | D |
| So | deafen me with silence |
| Scowl me with your hollow eyes |
| Still burnin' to the core |
| | G |
| No d | oor will go unanswered |
| | D |
| Like so | many closed before |
| | G |
| No v | agabond to knock upon |
| | D |
| This | tired and beatin' war |
| | G |
| When a | ll return to exile |
| | D |
| F | ree from all once bound |
| | G |
| De | cline and brawl old parasites |
| | F | A |
| The t | ruth will yet be f | ound |
| With another bag of bricks |
| D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G |
| D D D D | D D D D | D D D G G |
| The F to A move at the end of each verse sounds |
| much better when A is played barred, rather than |
| in the open position. Also the reoccurring D may |
| sound better as a D5, though it is definitely not |
| and sometimes at the end of certain verse lines, |
| the violin/accordion slide this little bit in: |
e|-----2-3-2h3p2--------------|
B|---------------4-3----------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
| And for any mandolin or violin players, |
| those few riffs look like this: |
e|----------2-3-5-3-2----------2-3-5---------2-3-5-3-2----------------|
A|--5-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5--------5-5-5-5-----------5-5-5-5-3-3-5--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--2-3-2h3p2-----------|
A|-------------6-5------|
D|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
| Have fun. Email questions/corrections to |