Matthias Replaces Judas Showbread
Song: Matthias Replaces Judas
Artist: Showbread
Album: No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical
Year: 2004
Standard Tuning
Capo 3
[G]it is so that my tran[Em]sgressions have born a withered fr[C]uit,
the sun has scorched the r[D]ising plants;
alas they have no r[G]oot, the bleached bones of [Em]animals bound by leather
s[C]trips,
[D]dance through the air with laug[G]hter as I wield this wicked whip,
as you did warn me c[Em]arpenter, this world has weakened my h[C]eart,
so easily I d[D]isparage, self-seeking the work of my a[G]rt,
and there you have come to[Em] me at the moment I bathe in my s[C]orrow,
so in love with m[D]yself, sought after avoiding t[G]omorrow,
where do you find the l[Em]ove to offer he who betrays y[C]ou?
[D]and offer to wash my feet a[G]s I offer to disobey you,
[Em]your beauty does bereave me, and[C] how my words do fail,
so faithfully and d[D]utifully I award you with bet[G]rayal,
the weak and the down t[Em]rodden fall on broken [C]legs,
as I walk past a s[D]mile I cast, fervor in my s[G]tead,
but my bones like pla[C]stic, do buckle backward [Em]now,
I lay in this field by J[D]udas' bowels and anticipate the p[G]low,
I can not be f[C]orgiven; my wages will be p[Em]aid,
for those more lovely and adm[D]irable is least among the s[G]aved,
and where would I fit Je[C]sus?
what place is left for[Em] me?
the price of atonement is m[D]ore than I've found to offer up as my p[G]lea,
[G] [Em] [C]
[D]Jesus my heart is all I have to give to you, so weak and so unworthy,
this simply will not [G]do, no alabaster [Em]jar, no diamond in the r[C]ough,
for your body that was b[D]roken, how can this be en[G]ough?
by me you were ab[Em]andoned, by me you were be[C]trayed,
yet in your arms and [D]in your heart forever I have s[G]tayed
[G]Your glory illumin[Em]ates my life, and no darkness will de[C]scend,
for you have loved me fo[D]rever, and your love will never e[G]nd
Note: I got these chords from the only tab of this song and I put a capo on and
it, being that it's impossible for me to play a C#m and a B on my guitar. (The original chords
E C#m A B instead of G Em C D).
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