The Sacrament Of Killing

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Year: 2006
Album: Foburg

INTRO
Gm 
VERSE 1
Bb 
 
Dm 
Your leaders, they are gone, they left the gates unbolted
Dm 
They left you stranded with the labour they imported
Bm 
Rough men like me, who can
B 
not dance or read
 
All these  
Bb/D 
hucksters, ponces and thieves
VERSE 2
Dm 
The meadows, pruned for golf, are turning into desert
Dm 
The very juice of life runs short, each drop is measured
Bm 
Assets are flayed, much went  
B 
too long unpaid
 
And your  
F#m 
history was all washed a
C#m 
way
 
By pride and by  
Ddim 
shame
 
Yield up skin, empty  
B 
veins 
 
 
F/C 
 
B 
 
F/C 
VERSE 3
Dm 
And now this creature who this morning stands before us
Dm 
Daydreams and idleness and lust his driving forces
Bm 
The greatest folly of those  
B 
past days of glory
 
Is  
F#m 
that the likes of him  
C#m 
thrived
 
In their bovine  
Ddim 
eyes
 
Neither fear nor sur  
B 
prise 
 
 
F/C 
 
B 
 
F/C 
CHORUS 1
G7 
I commend to you
 
The  
C#m 
sacrament of  
Cdim 
killing
 
To  
E 
free the  
Esus4 
flow
 
Rise  
E 
up, let  
Esus4 
go
VERSE 4
Dm 
He burned his family to death as sleep ensnared them
Dm 
He would not pay his debts, and slew those who would aid him
 
He  
Bm 
fled to the lawless and  
B 
bankrupt 
 
concession
Bb 
Praising his legion of fools
VERSE 6
Dm 
He filled their heads with talk of gold here for the taking
Dm 
All of it lies, of course, soon peasant hearts were breaking
 
Who,  
Bm 
lacking all purpose, they  
B 
strangled five children in  
F#m 
rage
 
Their bloodlust as
C#m 
suaged
 
They scampered a
Ddim 
way
 
But this “leader” re
B 
mains 
 
 
F/C 
 
B 
 
F/C 
CHORUS 2
 
So  
G7 
I commend to you
 
The  
C#m 
sacrament of  
Cdim 
killing
 
So  
E 
pig-like 
 
 
Esus4 
men
 
Won’t  
E 
fly 
 
a
Esus4 
gain
INTERLUDE
 
You  
Ab 
fear us, to  
Bb7/D 
you we’re  
Ab 
strange
 
Our  
Bb7/D 
skin tone and  
Eb 
commerce 
 
 
Ab/D# 
 
Bbsus4 
se
Eb 
vere 
 
 
Bb/D 
 
Gsus4 
 
But our  
Ab 
forefathers 
 
 
Bb7/D 
built this  
Ab 
place
 
When  
Bb7/D 
yours were un  
Eb 
heard 
 
 
Ab/D# 
 
Bbsus4 
of 
 
 
Eb 
here 
 
 
Bb/D 
 
Gsus4 
 
Fm 
Show us you’ve learned from the  
Cmmaj7 
loss and the strain
Fm 
We might reward you with  
Cmmaj7 
leave to remain
Fm 
As we push inland to  
Cmmaj7 
further our claim
 
But  
G 
first let’s give this one a trial
 
By  
G 
three of my peers, in the  
G7 
grand wartime style
CHORUS 3
G7 
And they’ll commend to you
 
The  
C#m 
sacrament of  
Cdim 
killing
 
Of  
E 
course we’ll  
Esus4 
hear
 
His  
E 
pleas in good  
Esus4 
cheer
CHORUS 4/OUTRO
 
And then,  
G7 
thee, I will commend to you
 
The  
C#m 
sacrament of  
Cdim 
killing
 
To  
E 
free the  
Esus4 
flow
 
Some  
E 
must be  
Esus4 
torn 
 
 
C7 
FADE
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