*this is the beginning little solo that is played throughout alot of the song
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Gaug | Abm | B | E | E F# | B | E | Abm | Abm Gaug | Ab | B | E6 | E F# | B | F# | F# | F# | F# Gaug | Abm | B | E | E F# | B | E | Abm | Abm Gaug | Ab | B | E6 | E F# | B | F# | E | F# | F# Gaug Abm He made an enemy then B E E he made an enemy of all of you F#m B E Abm It's him, not you Gaug Abm You never heard it from me B E6 E But there's a breech in the hull where the truth F# B F# F# And the water's too deep to prove Gaug Abm He made an enemy then B E E He made an enemy of all of you F#m B E Abm It's him, not you Gaug Abm It's a little red sea B E6 E Let the miracle worker go free F# B F# E See the paddle go up and the paddle go down F# B F# E See the paddle go up and the paddle go down F# B F# E See the paddle go up and the paddle go down F# F# And a man falls in the sea Eb Abm E He was a man of many nations Eb Abm E Eb Had a hundred souls and a hundred to go Abm E He was a man of many nations Eb Abm E Eb Two hearts, two hands, it's a slippery slope Abm E He had a fear of being naked Eb Abm E Eb But you're any other man in another man's clothes Abm E He was a man of many nations Eb Abm E Eb With revelations, oh revelations Abm E He wrote a book about the Bible Eb Abm E Eb He wrote a book about men in the sky Abm E Eb He wrote a book about the smell of the winter and then two... Abm E A little less simple to decipher Eb Abm E Saying "I am the water at the foot of the palms, Eb Abm E Or I am sand and wind, and a sh*tty mirage, Eb Abm E But either way, I'm a man of many nations!" B Was it the mending of the gown, F# Or the running it around? Eb Was it the mending of the gown, F# Or the running and the running it around? D G She had a name, she had a spirit A G She had a line in the play if you waited to hear it D G But a master of disguises... A G Her demise was her design, they said D G "Was it the mending of the gown A G or the running and the running and the running it around?" D G She said: "My name and my spirit are both corrupted A G If you hold me close you gotta hold me up! D G A It was the tender meaning of this slender gown G D That brought me bending to the ground G A G Now you'll wear any old thing, oh you'll wear any old thing" D G So she wrapped herself in swaddling A G That the fever deviated to a broken wing D G "It's an act, I think she's just pretending" A G "It's an act, I think she's just pretending" D G And I will burn the virgin flags A G D And I will shake (shake) as the heat waves in the sand G A This one's for Maggie (This one's for Maggie) G D This one's for Sam (This one's for Sam) G A This one's for Maggie (This one's for Maggie) G D This one's for Sam (This one's for Sam) G A G Or any other random spirit lover busted D G A G I have lusted after you D G The way bloodsuckers do A G The way bloodsuckers do A E F F# G The way bloodsuckers do D Was it the mending of the gown, A Or the running it around? F#m Was it the mending of the gown, A Or the running it around? Bbaug l Bm l D l G A l D l G l Bm Bbaug l Bm l D l G A l D l A l A Bbaug Bm D G A It was the tender mending of this slender gown D G Bm Bbaug That brought me bending to the ground Bm D G But this ship was built to go down A D A G See the paddle go up and the paddle go down A D A G See the paddle go up and the paddle go down A D A G See the paddle go up and the paddle go down A D A G See the paddle go up and the paddle go down A D A G Oh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh (x16) F Abm Em D Fm C#m C Ebm Bm A
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