These Things Shall Never Be Spoken chords by New Model Army

Chords with lyrics

This one seems to be in 3/4 or 6/12 or somesuch.

Laid out below with lyrics; first verse & chorus, the chord is above the associated lyric;
further on it is in parentheses before the word during which it sounds. Essentially, A minorAm C majorC D MajorD A minorAm
FF G+G A minorAm for the verse with some repetition of the A minorAm FF G+G for the chorus. listen to it and
decide which dissonant notes you want to keep. rock on; vi2pr8r
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intro:
A minorAm (add BB)/ A minorAm
(I play one measure with added BB and resolve next meas. to Am; this dissonance and resolution
by measures continues through the song, the way i play it)

verse:
(A minorAm cont'd)
Through the
C majorC (add BB)/ C majorC (ditto)
years of decay we
DmDm (add E MajorE) / DmDm (ditto)
creep like tigers in
A minorAm (add BB) / A minorAm
cages, With
FF
each passing turn
G+G
smaller and smaller the
A minorAm (add BB) / A minorAm
circles, every
C majorC (add BB) / C majorC
weapon and word
DmDm (add E MajorE) / DmDm
legitimate now as pro-
A minorAm (add BB) / A minorAm
-tection, but


chorus:
FF
these things should
G+G
never be
A minorAm (add BB) / A minorAm
spoken, no [repeat]


verse ii. (essentially the same as v. i, above)
I (C majorC) stand undefeated (DmDm) alone in the ring just (A minorAm) pacing
the (FF) sweat and the blood (G+G) dried on my hands all (A minorAm) wasted
I shout (C majorC) come back and fight for (DmDm) I am the king but the
(FF) lights are all out and the (G+G) people are gone we
(A minorAm) always burn brightest when
(FF) no one is looking and (G+G) I kissed the lines on your
(A minorAm) beautiful face
(vamp on this A minorAm (add BB) / A minorAm bit a couple bars here, then)
but (to chorus)

verse iii.
(C majorC) sometimes your hunger for (DmDm) life seems like despera-
(A minorAm)-tion, yeah, when I (FF) read about the world these days (G+G)
all i can feel is (A minorAm) hatred. the
(c) fortune teller's (DmDm) closing her doors, she
(FF) looked in her crystal and saw (G+G) nothing at all, they're
(A minorAm) waiting 'round here for (FF) something to happen they
(G+G) won't really want it when it
(A minorAm) rolls out to meet them! (vamp) but (to chorus).