Castrum Doloris Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]Per ceive how our [E5]shadow
[F]and [F5]movitz mon [C]frere
[Am]Within a darkness [Eb5]en clo[D5]ses[E5][E]
[Am]How gold and p[E5]urple in t[F]he shovel [D5]there
To [Am]gravel and [D5]rags [C]dis[B]poses
[Am]From[C] his torment river
[G5]charon waves
And [Am]three times thereafter
the [E]digger of graves
[Am]Ended it all this your last
[D5]groa[E5]n[B5]
[Am]Therefore [E5]movitz come
[F]do what [D5]I grave
[Am]Help raise [D5]our sisters? [C]tomb[B5]stone
[Am]Oh

[Verse 2]
that [E5]wistful and [F]forgotten [C]place
[Am]Un der the branches that h[Eb5]ushes[D5][E]
[D5]Where time[Am] and death[E]
[E5]one hide[F]ous face[D5]
[Am]Unites into [D5]ashe[C]s[B][Am]
You [C]who never once by
[G5]envy was struck
[Am]Although your time came when
you [E5]ran out of l[E]uck
[Am]Amongst the graves always [Eb5]nar ro[D5]ws
[E5]Enem[D5]y the[Am]re armed[E][E5]
with [F]face carved [D5]in rock
[Am]Gently [D5]breaking ones [C]ar [B]rows[Am]

[Verse 3]
[Am]The little Bell [E]tolling the [F]grand Bells
[C]Groan[Am]
Cantor with flowers in the [E]gate[Am]
And with the [E]Bellow[E5]ing p[F]rayer like
[D5]Tone
[Am]Hallows [D5]those who [C]met [B]their [Am]fate
[C]Path that leads up to this [G5]grand yard
Of tombs
[Am]Tramples on roses fading [E]yellowing
Bloom
[Am]Moulding hoardings and biers
[Eb5]Until [E]thi[B5]s lon[Am]g black[E]
[F]clad row of [D5]doom
[Am]Deeply [D5]bows [C]down [B]in [Am]tears

[Verse 4]
[Am]Past on to [E]rest [E5]fist[F]fight and ball[C]
[Am]Gone is the love of your [E5]life[D5]
[Am]At where t[E]he grass yet
[F]don't grow at [D5]all
[Am]You look b[D5]ack at your [C]buri[B]ed w[Am]ife
[C]She from wine and liquor [G5]parted today
[Am]And with her all the joy that
[E]kept death away
[Am]Bottle who will now com
[Eb5]mand t[E5]hee?[D5]
[Am]Thirsty was [E]she now have
[F]become [D5]deaths [Am]prey
We are all [D5]thirsty [C]as [B]can [Am]be.[F]
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