Straying Away

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Year: 1996
Album: Grand Necropolitan

INTRO (x2)
C 
 
G 
 
Dm 
 
F9 
VERSE 1
 
They  
C 
come to  
G 
toast a  
Dm 
birth 
 
 
F9 
 
From  
C 
fenced-off 
 
 
G 
squares of  
Dm 
earth 
 
 
F9 
 
Un
C 
blushing, flab-faced  
Em 
thieves
 
Greased  
F9 
palm to spongy  
Gsus4 
palm
 
“What  
C 
history? 
 
 
G 
Ah, what  
Dm 
harm!” 
 
 
F9 
 
A/C# 
I was raised be
F#sus4 
side them as a  
Bm 
scruffy 
 
also-
Gsus2 
ran
A/C# 
A prisoner of  
F#sus4 
selfish fear and  
Bm 
hobbled 
 
reason
D7/C 
Hide all feeli
Am 
ngs
Em 
Straying 
 
a
Am 
way
 
In only  
Em 
mouth and  
Am 
mind
Em 
Straying 
 
a
Am 
way
VERSE 2
 
I  
C 
fled for  
G 
all my  
Dm 
worth 
 
 
F9 
 
The  
C 
Long Acre  
G 
did its  
Dm 
worst 
 
 
F9 
 
I’d say,  
C 
“Lover, friend, give  
Em 
way
 
So the  
F9 
wounds can breathe and  
Gsus4 
play
 
From  
C 
dusk to  
G 
stillborn 
 
 
Dm 
day” 
 
 
F9 
 
A/C# 
And they’ve often  
F#sus4 
seen me as I’ve  
Bm 
shambled through their  
Gsus2 
town
A/C# 
They hail me when I’m  
F#sus4 
up but when I’m  
Bm 
down care not to
 
There  
D7/C 
goes that fool wh
Am 
o
 
Went  
Em 
straying 
 
a
Am 
way
Em 
From this life so  
Am 
good
Em 
Straying 
 
a
Am 
way
INTERLUDE
E6 
Straying away from meaning and calm
 
Some  
C#m7 
treacly alchohol to drown the alarm
 
And the  
G9 
trusting who cling in the warmth of the night
 
Can be  
F#sus4 
spurned and told lies in the noon’s angry light
 
And those  
E6 
seeds which once fell, full of passion and zest
 
Turn  
C#m7 
caskets of pain, wishing only for death
 
But  
G9 
able to stomach only one pour at a  
F#sus4 
time
 
C 
 
G 
 
Dm 
 
F9 
C 
 
G 
 
Dm 
 
F9 
OUTRO
 
You can e
A/C# 
vade their tags ’til one  
F#sus4 
day you’ve been  
Bm 
staked on well-marked  
Gsus2 
ground
A/C# 
Any fool can  
F#sus4 
hate his past but how  
Bm 
harshly dare you  
D7/C 
judge the prese
Am 
nt
Em 
Straying 
 
a
Am 
way
Em 
When you’re named and  
Am 
nailed
Em 
Straying 
 
a
Am 
way
FADE
Am7 
 
D/A