The Book Of Numbers Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][C][Am][C][G][C][Am][C][G][C][Am][C]
[G][C][Am]

[Verse 1]
Bring me a glass [G]of [C]water
[Am]To wash the dirt f[G]rom my[C] throat
[Am]I've been wandering [G]my
whole [C]life out there
[Am]Help me ou[G]t of my coat[C]
[Am]This water's

[Verse 2]
[G]as clear as crys[C]tal
[Am]We should thank the lo[G]rd for t[C]hat
[Am]Sit you down a[G]nd hear [C]my story
[Am]Find some[G]where for my [F]hat

[Verse 3]
[F][Am]
A barkeep [G]takes a stranger's [C]hat
[Am]And [G]finds a vacant h[C]ook
[Am]Turns back [G]towards [C]the traveller
His [F]right hand on an old black book

[Verse 4]
[Am]The [G]holy book of numbers[Dm]
I take it's something that you've [Am]read?
The long [G]search in the [Dm]wilderness
For a place to lay [C]my [F]head
[Am]

[Verse 5]
So many par[G]ables in the scrip[C]tures
[Am]But this one I'm d[G]oomed [C]to tell
[Am]For I stormed [G]the gates of heave[C]n
[Am]And find mys[G]elf in hell
[C][Am]

[Verse 6]
Is this my [G]lonely mis[C]sion?
[Am]To wake the world up[G] to its [C]fate
[Am]To dismantle m[G]y own invent[C]ion
For the [Am]hour is getting [G]late[F]
[Dm]

[Verse 7]
[Am]This holy [G]book of numb[Dm]ers
As we walk through the shadow [Am]of death
Tell me, are [G]you listen[Dm]ing, boy
Or am I just wasting my [Am]breath?

[Verse 8]
There are [Am]fools in the courts
[G]of [Dm]power
While I've walked through
this vale [G]of bitter [Am]tears
At the mercy of re[G]cording an[Dm]gels[C]
Three [Dm]score and twenty-five years
[F]years
[Am]

[Verse 9]
The barkeep get[G]s up from t[C]he table
[Am]To fill up another g[C]lass
[Am]He turns around [G]to find
an empty [C]chair
All that's [Am]left [C]is the name in his hat