Chords with lyrics
Intro:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm x4
Verse 1:
E minorEm C majorC
Salted earth and indifferent skies
D MajorD E minorEm
This was not the town that he left behind
E minorEm
Killing for a piece of coal
C majorC
Kneel, prey, take the dole
D MajorD E minorEm
Starve em out, and throw 'em in the snow
E minorEm C majorC
And no
D MajorD E minorEm
That's no way to watch your poor mother go
E minorEm C majorC
The landlord's dwelling sat on top of the hill
D MajorD E minorEm
Sights set, went for the kill
Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm x2
Verse 2:
E minorEm C majorC
The gate swings and the guards hit the ground
D MajorD E minorEm
Peddling prowess, there's a new kid in town
E minorEm C majorC
War scars worn proud loud like medals
D MajorD E minorEm
Rage goin' off like a kettle
E minorEm C majorC
Judge, oh Judge can you help me out?
D MajorD E minorEm
This isn't making sense, can you tell me how
E minorEm C majorC
You're justified in sentencing starving men to death for stealing
D MajorD E minorEm
And didn't think you'd hang from the ceiling
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
The judges and the masters
A minorAm E minorEm
Are hanging from the rafters
C majorC G+G
The judges and the masters
A minorAm E minorEm
Are swinging in the cold
C majorC G+G
All the dead are laughing
A minorAm E minorEm
At all the church walls cracking
C majorC G+G
Judges and the masters
A minorAm E minorEm
Sadistic sorry souls
Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm x2
Verse 3:
E minorEm C majorC
I was a man of no grudges
D MajorD E minorEm
I've always paid my debts when I could
E minorEm C majorC
So you can hang all the judges
D MajorD E minorEm
Cus those scales never did me no good
E minorEm C majorC
And as the ship sails off with the harvest now
D MajorD E minorEm
A augmentedA starving state under a wicked crown
E minorEm C majorC
A augmentedA woeful conquest. One for the books
D MajorD E minorEm
The blind being lead by the crooks
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
The judges and the masters
A minorAm E minorEm
Are hanging from the rafters
C majorC G+G
The judges and the masters
A minorAm E minorEm
Are swinging in the cold
C majorC G+G
All the dead are laughing
A minorAm E minorEm
At all the church walls cracking
C majorC G+G
Judges and the masters
A minorAm E minorEm
Sadistic sorry souls
Instrumental/Outro:
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm G+G A minorAm (one stroke)
E minorEm D MajorD
E minorEm G+G A minorAm
E minorEm D MajorD
E minorEm G+G A minorAm
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm x2