Kill the Messenger Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]The messenger came
with [G]bad news from the [D]front
Said "the soldiers are starving and
their swords are all blun[G]t
[F#m]They need a show of support
[G]or some futile [D]sign
[Em]That's what they told me to te[F#m]ll you,
not [G]even the words are [A]mine..."

[Verse 2]
The [D]messenger came with [G]bad
news from the [D]war
Said "the fine young men forgot
who they were fighting [G]for
[F#m]They don't wanna be stars
[G]on your tv scr[D]een
[Em]That's the general feeling,
[F#m]please don't [G]blame it on me"[A]

[Verse 3]
And the people [G]said "one
and [D]one is two
There's nothing left for us [G]to do
But [Bm]since we can blame it all [Em]on y[F#]ou
We [G]will kill the [D]mes[G]senger"

[Verse 4]
The [G]mes[D] se[G]n g[Em]er ca[A]me[G][D]
with [G]bad news from the [D]town[G][D]
Said "the phone-lines are are on strike
and the doormen are all [G]down
[F#m]They've turned your den
of [G]thieves into a temple
[Em]They need someone of s[F#m]tature
to [G]set them an ex[A]ample"

[Verse 5]
And the people [G]said "two
[D]and two is four
Don't tell us [G]anymore
[Bm]We all know [Em]the scor[F#]e[G]
We [D]must [G]kill the mes[D]sen[G]ger[Em] "[A]
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[D][Em][F#m][G]
[Gm]

[Verse 6]
[D]Someone brought
the [G]news to the messenger's [D]folks
He said "your son's been
killed two times"
They said "is that a [G]joke? "
He said [F#m]"no
He was he vic[G]tim of ignorant [D]minds
I hate [Em]to bring such b[F#m]ad news,
please [G]don't think me [A]unkind"

[Verse 7]
And the family [G]said "one
and one [D]is two
There's nothing left for us to [G]do
But [Bm]since you're here and
we can [Em]blame it on [F#]you
We [G]will kill the [D]mes[G]senger
[D]So [G]if [Em]you want t[A]o [F#]send[G][D]
[G]a mes[D] sa[G]ge...

[Outro 1]
[Em][A][G]
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