Am Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
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[Verse 1]

Am
Pale horse songs of a slow decline
Fmaj7
Sideshow words if the songs don't mind
C
G-d gave Noah the rainbow sign
Fmaj7
No more water, is the H-Bomb next time?
Am
Pale horse vows in a grave I-do-yes-definitely reply
Fmaj7
Smile for the camera at a 'church' nearby
C
Threw a mute curse at the Boise sky
       Fmaj7
For my fucked up Napoleon-of-St.-Helena-hairline
Am
Black horse leaping when the frogs withdrew
    Fmaj7
The parable of the plums where the olives grew
C
Clouded rearrangement of sounds we knew:
   Fmaj7
An Idaho sunset for my own private Waterloo
Am
Pale horse songs of a slow decline
Fmaj7
Side show words if our moms don't mind:
C
Cloud gave no one a rainbow sign--
Fmaj7
Six-point starred ink flag next time?


[Instrumental]

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[Verse 2]
  Am    Fmaj7    C     Fmaj7  Am      Fmaj7
Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad
C              Fmaj7  Am       Fmaj7
Qul Huwa-llahu Ahad Allah hus-Samad
  Am    Fmaj7    C     Fmaj7  Am      Fmaj7
Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad
C              Fmaj7  Am       Fmaj7
Qul Huwa-llahu Ahad Allah hus-Samad

Am Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Am Fmaj7

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 3]

       Am
With imperial crowns we were 'sent'
           Fmaj7 Dsus2
Riding out conquest-bent

Daylight is breaking
Am
Wielding the sanctified sword
                    Fmaj7 Dsus2
For the army of the Scarecrow Lord

Daylight is breaking
Am
Balancing scales at our feet
              Fmaj7 Dsus2
Measuring out two pounds of barley, six pounds of buckwheat
Am
Beasts of the Battersea Shield
                      Fmaj7 Dsus2
At the opening of the fourth seal
    Am
The sky, I'd been told

Would roll up like a scroll
       Fmaj7 Dsus2
As the mountains and islands moved from their place
        Am
And the sun would turn black

As a dead raven's back
            Fmaj7 Dsus2
But there's nowhere to hide

From the Judge's face
            Am
After which message-less birds take flight without cause
       Fmaj7 Dsus2
To the silence they've heard in the absence of laws
   Am                                 Fmaj7 Dsus2
Or imperial crowns: Unsent, unsigned


[Verse 4]

Am
The other night I dreamt I was finally out of college
      Fmaj7
In my own pair of sandals, I had turned into my father
C
Whistling our tune about the Rio Grande
        Fmaj7
Like an anchorite in June I took hold of my own hand
    Am
And started on the Abrahamic joke we knew
      Fmaj7
About apostrophes and pronouns and you-remember-who
           C
"But let's keep that silly punchline between me and you
Fmaj7
Little Haroon
                         
And the man in the moon."


[Outro]

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