The Pogues - The Wake of the Medusa

      
 
 ***The Wake of the Medusa - by Jem Finer
 
 Intro:

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 then...

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     Am                         
 The guests are stood in silence
      F                     Am  
 They stare and drink their wine
 Am                          
 On the wall the canvas hangs
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 Frozen there in time
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 They marvel at the beauty
     Am         F      
 The horror and despair
        Am                
 At the wake of the Medusa
 C             Am  
 No one shed a tear
 
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 Sit my friends and listen
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 Put your glasses down
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 Sit my friends and listen
        Am                   
 To the voices of the drowned
 
 Melody:
 Am 
  

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 In the moonlight's ghostly glow
 I waken in a dream
 Once more upon that raft I stand
 Upon a raging sea
 In my ears the moans and screams
 Of the dying ring
 Somewhere in the darkness
 The siren softly sings
 
 Out there in the waves she stands
 And smiling there she calls
 As the lightning cracks the sky
 The wind begins to howl
 
 Melody (2x)
 
 The architects of our doom
 Around their tables sit
 And in their thrones of power
 Condemn those they've cast adrift
 Echoes down the city street
 Their harpies laughter rings
 Waiting for the curtain call
 Oblivious in the wings
 
 The casket is empty
 Abandon ye all hope
 They ran off with the money
 And left us with the rope
 
 The casket is empty
 Abandon ye all hope
 They ran off with the money
 And left us with the rope
 
 C G Am F 
     
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 Play Melody (2x) over the first part of the intro guitar part
 
 Outro:

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 ***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman
 
 Intro |Am |Am |Am |Am ||
 
     Am                               F                     Am  
 The guests are stood in silence they stare and drink their wine
 Am                          C/G             E   
 On the wall the canvas hang frozen there in time
      C             G          Am         F      
 They marvel at the beauty the horror and despair
        Am                 G             Am  
 At the wake of the medusa no one shed a tear
 
 C                  G      Am               F   
 Sit my friends and listen put your glasses down
 C                  G             Am     Em     Am     
 Sit my friends and listen to the voices of the drowned
 
 Inst 1 |Am |Am |Am |Am ||
 
 In the moonlight's ghostly glow I waken in a dream
 Once more upon that raft I stand upon a raging sea
 In my ears the moans and screams of the dying ring
 Somewhere in the darkness the siren softly sings
 
 Out there in the waves she stands and smiling there she calls
 As the lightning cracks the sky the wind begins to howl
 
 Inst 2 ||:Am |Am |Am |Am :||
 
 The architects of our doom around their tables sit
 And in their thrones of power condemn those they've cast adrift
 Echoes down the city street their harpies laughter rings
 Waiting for the curtain call oblivious in the wings
 
 The casket is empty abandon ye all hope
 They ran off with the money and left us with the rope
 
 The casket is empty abandon ye all hope
 They ran off with the money and left us with the rope
 
 Outro |C G|Am F|C G|Am Em Am||
 ||:Am |Am |Am |Am |Am |Am |Am |Am :||