The Doomed Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][Em][Am]
[G][Am]
[G][Am]
[G][Am][G]
[Am][Em][G][Am][Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Behold a new Christ
Behold the same old horde
Gather at the altering
New beginning, new word

[Verse 2]
And [Em]the word was death
And the word was without light
The new beatitude

[Interlude 1]
"Good luck, you're on your own"
[Em][D]
[Am][C][D]
[Em][D][G][Am][A]
[Em]

[Verse 3]
Blessed [D]are the fornicates
May we bend down to be their [Am]whores
Blessed are the [C]rich
May we labor, deliver them [Em]more

[Verse 4]
Blessed are the [D]envious
Bless the slothful,
the wrathful, the [G]vain
Blessed are the gluttonous
[A]May[Am] they fea[A]st us to
[Am]famine and [C]war
[D][G]

[Verse 5]
[Em]What of the [C]pious, the pure of heart,
the [D]peaceful?
What of [C]the meek, the mourning,
and the [D]merciful?
All [G]doomed
[D]All [C]doomed

[Interlude 2]
[D][Em]

[Verse 6]
[Em]Behold a new [D]Christ
Behold the same old [G]horde
Gather at the altering
[A]New[Am] beginning, new word[Em]

[Verse 7]
And the [Em]word was [D]death
And the word was without [G]light
[Am]The new beatitude: "Good [A]luck"
[Am]What of [C]the pious,

[Verse 8]
the pure of heart,
the [D]peaceful?
[G]What of the meek, the mourning,
and the merciful?
What of the [C]righteous? What
of the char[G]itable?
What of the [Em]truthful, the [C]du tiful,
[Am]the decent?

[Interlude 3]
[D][Am][C][Em][D][Am][D]
[Am][C][D][Em][D][G][D][Am][G][D]
[Em][Bm][Am][D][Em]

[Verse 9]
Doomed are the [D]poor
Doomed are the [A]peaceful
Doomed are the [C]meek
Doomed are the [Em]merciful

[Verse 10]
For the word is now [D]death
And the word is now without [G]light
The [Em]new beatitude:
"Fuck the doomed, you're on your own"