The Defence chords by Black Midi

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C

│ C   │ F G  │ C   │ G   │




🎸 Verse 1:
C                     E
When crowds swarm out doorways
        Am              G   C
And the street lamps are lit
F         Em
One of my disciples
D7             G7
Begins his wandering
C                 E
In alleys and the main streets
Am              G   C
He searches for men
      F       Em7           Dm7  G
Their virile, pathetic, and lame
Am           Em
Leading them in
Am     Em               Dm
To our establishment he starts to cry
G           G7
Every night

🎸 Chorus:
Cmaj7  Fmaj7  Em7  Em
 "Prostrate, supine
D                   G
Well-groomed, divine
Cmaj7 Fmaj7   Em7  Em
 Whatever you like
D            G
Please, sir, tonight"
G7
Mmm


🎸 Verse 2:
C              E     E7 Am                  Gm7  C
A brothel is a business no different than a bank
   F           Em7        D7       G
As safe and as formal and sanitary
   C                      E   E7
My girls all destined for Hell
Am             Gm7    C
Or so says our priest
    Fmaj7     Em7
But find me a Christian
     Dm7                         G
Who spends as much time on their knees
Am        Em
Closer to God
     Am        Em           Dm7
They honor his glory in the best way
G
Everyday


🎸 Bridge:
F#m             B7
Without my aid, they'd be in chains
   F                  E7
Or disembowelled in a backstreet lane
D#                         A
I'll stop selling when you stop buying
G
'Til the end of time you can hear the cry


🎸 Chorus:
Cmaj7  Fmaj7  Em7  Em
 I'm "prostrate, supine
D             D7     G
Well-groomed, divine
Cmaj7 Fmaj7  Em7  Em
 Whatever you like
D7                   G7sus4
Please, sir, tonight
          C
Follow me tonight"

G C G C