CAm
This graveyard hides a million secrets,
CAm
And the trees know more than they can tell.
CF
The ghosts of the saints and the scholars will haunt you,
GC
In heaven and in hell.
CAm
Rattled by the glimmer man, the boogie man, the holy man,
CAm
And livin' in the shadows, in the shadows of a gunman.
CF
Rattled like the coppers in your greasy till,
GC
Rattled until time stood still.
CAm
Look over your shoulder, hear the school bell ring,
CAm
Another day of made-to-measure history.
CF
I don't care if your heroes have wings,
GC
Your terrible beauty has been torn.
[Chorus]
AmGFG
Faithful departed, we fickle hearted,
FECG
As you are now so once were we.
AmGFG
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted,
FEDG
With graces imparting bring flowers to thee.
CAm
The girls in the kips proclaim their love for you
CAm
When you stumbled in they knew you had a shilling or two.
CF
They cursed you on Sundays and holy days of abstinence,
GC
When you all stayed away.
CAm
When you slept there a naked bulb hid your shame,
CAm
Your shadows on the wall, they took all the blame.
CF
The Sacred Heart's picture, compassion in his eyes,
GC
Drowned out the river of sighs.
CAm
Let the grass grow green over the brewery tonight,
CAm
It'll never come between the darkness and the light.
CF
There is no pain that can't be eased,
GC
By the devil's holy water and the rosary beads.
[Chorus]
AmGFG
Faithful departed, we fickle hearted,
FECG
As you are now so once were we.
AmGFG
Faithful departed, we the meek hearted,
FEDG
With graces imparting bring flowers to thee.
CAm
You're a history book I never could write,
CAm
Poetry in paralysis, too deep to recite.
CF
Dress yourself, bless yourself, you've won the fight,
GC
We're gonna celebrate the night.
CAm
We'll even climb the pillar like you always meant to,
CAm
Watch the sun rise over the strand.
CF
Close your eyes and we'll pretend,
GC
It could somehow be the same again.
CAm
I'll bury you upright so the sun doesn't blind you.
CAm
You won't have to gaze at the rain and the stars.
CF
Sleep and dream of chapels and bars,
GC
And whiskey in the jar.
[Chorus]
AmGFG
Faithful departed, look what you've started;
FECG
An underdog's wounds aren't so easy to mend.
AmGFG
Faithful departed, there's no broken hearted,
FEDG
And no more tristesse in your world without end.