Trial By Song chords by The Mechanisms

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

e|---2--------2--------2--------2--------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--------3--------3---------3-----------------------------------------|
G|-2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2------2---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Pluck the chords for Verse 1 and the first chorus in the same way.)


Verse 1:
           D
(Orpheus) I’m not a gambling man,
                               G
I don’t know how to play this hand
       A
I was dealt by force;
D

  Thought I could speak easy,
                                  G
But you just bent my words right back on me,
        A
Then I broke the law


Chorus:
 G
   Now here, beneath the rust,
    D
The skytrain rattles round

Overhead,
G
  The raindrops fall through dust
    D
And shatter on the ground
          G
Black and dead;
                              D
I never should have placed my trust in the City,
G                                 D
  The vulture town that picked me clean


Spoken Interlude:

(Jonny D'Ville) And then, as if answering the call, the vault is filled with music.
e|---2--------2--------2--------2-------|
B|-----3--------3--------3---------3----|
G|-2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2------2--| X2
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

e|---3--------3--------0--------0-------|
B|-----0--------0--------2---------2----|
G|-0-----0--0-----0--2-----2--2------2--|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|


Verse 2:
          D
(Orpheus)   I’m not a lawless man
                          G
I always trusted in your plan
       A
I was dumb like that
D
  I chose the straightest path
                               G
But all the landmarks moved as I walked past
       A
Now I can’t look back


Chorus:
G
   Now here, beneath the rust,
    D
The skytrain rattles round

Overhead,
G
  The raindrops fall through dust
    D
And shatter on the ground
          G
Black and dead;
                              D
I never should have placed my trust in the City,
G                           D
  The python town that crushed my bones

Interlude:

e|---2--------2--------2--------2-------|
B|-----3--------3--------3---------3----|
G|-2-----2--2-----2--2-----2--2------2--|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse 3:
D
  I’m not a fighting man
                          G
I never act on wrath’s command
       A
But I know you do
D
  I’d rather run than stand
                                 G
You’d rather force my hand than understand
         A
That I’m not like you


Chorus:
G
   Now here, beneath the rust,
    D
The skytrain rattles round

Overhead,
G
  The raindrops fall through dust
    D
And shatter on the ground
          G
Black and dead;
                              D
I never should have placed my trust in the City,
G                           D
The viper town that bled me dry