Asunderland
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INTRO (x2)
Am
Eadd11/A
E7/D
Cmaj7
VERSE 1
Am
Pale grass and thistles flank the
Eadd11/A
marchers on the freeway
E7/D
Vengeance Procession
Cmaj7
Day
Am
The killer killed himself,
Eadd11/A
no need for a trial,
Must have
E7/D
done all the things they
Cmaj7
say
Am
No more greedy days,
Eadd11/A
no more afraid
E7/D
Citizen heroes one and
Cmaj7
all
Am
Let all the shame and the
Eadd11/A
cash worries fade
CHORUS 1
They
Gm/F#
proudly look up
At a
Fm
corpse on a truck
Abmaj7
Bless the
Fm6/G#
conscience of A
C#
sunderland
See them
Gm/F#
all frown and stare
They must
Fm
think I’m still there
Abmaj7
On the
Fm6/G#
rack for rent A
C#
sunderland
Ab
VERSE 2
Am
Here comes the pickup with the
Eadd11/A
pallet on the back
With the
E7/D
dead culprit there at
Cmaj7
tached
A
Am
cravat and a muffler to
Eadd11/A
cover up the neck
Face made
E7/D
up red, yellow,
Cmaj7
black
Am
Same slow routine at each
Eadd11/A
murder
scene
The
E7/D
gears grind, facing him a
Cmaj7
round
We
Am
force him to see, though he
Eadd11/A
no longer breathes
CHORUS 2
They
Gm/F#
puff and stand guard
In those
Fm
dried-up front yards
The
Abmaj7
brave
e
Fm6/G#
lectors of A
C#
sunderland
They
Gm/F#
recoiled, one from all
When their
Fm
cash-piles stood tall
Abmaj7
Now pool your
Fm6/G#
tears for torn A
C#
sunderland
C9
Ebmaj7
Fsus2
INTERLUDE
A
Ebsus2
plastic tent by the side of the road
Ebsus2
Back of the madhouse ex
F
pressway
slope
F
Like a mini-ar
Cm
cade
F
With angle-grinders and
Cm
spades
Ebsus2
Torso packed in on its side
Ebsus2
Buried by the crossroads where a
F
ghost has no guide
F
Now there’s only the
Cm
head
F
Nothing left but the
Cm
head
Gm
Bring the jar of for
Dm7
maldehyde
Put
Gm
smart-arse legends on
Dm7
cards
inside
Am
See the mouth that
Bbmaj7
smarmed
Am
“Hold me in your
Bbmaj7
upper
arms”
Fmaj7
Now it has no
Bbmaj7
limbs to call to
A7
harm
Ebmaj7
VERSE 3
Am
The night is coming and the
Eadd11/A
streets no longer pulse
Candles
E7/D
burn and the kids are
Cmaj7
fed
A
Am
presidential palace is
Eadd11/A
soon to grace the hulk
Where the
E7/D
miscreant confessed and
Cmaj7
bled
In the
Am
concession zone, some
Eadd11/A
yards
below
The
E7/D
head’s behind a neighbourhood
Cmaj7
bar
The
Am
gravediggers drink ten
Eadd11/A
more for the road
CHORUS 3
They
Gm/F#
toast and pretend
To a
Fm
growth without end
Abmaj7
And the
Fm6/G#
hard heart of A
C#
sunderland
And the
Gm/F#
barman they shun
In his
Fm
till keeps a gun
Abmaj7
That’s the
Fm6/G#
future of A
Bbsus4
sunderland
A
Bbsus4
sunderland
OUTRO
Bbsus4
Gracious fraud in the near abroad
Bbsus4
Hear the bony palms applaud
Bbsus4
Don’t look down, you’ll starve and thirst
Bbsus4
Doubt is evil, dreaming’s worse
Bbsus4
Doubt is evil, dreaming’s worse
Bbsus4
Doubt is evil, dreaming’s worse