Baals Hymn

Em  C/E  G/D  Cmaj7  Cm

[VERSE 1]

Em                                
 Whilst his mother's womb 
             C
contained the growing Baal
Even then the sky was waiting quiet 
    Bm/D
and pale
                        Am
Naked, young, immensely marvellous
                B7                 
Like Baal loved it, when he came to
 Em
 us

[VERSE 2]

Em                                
 That same sky remained with him 
          C
in joy and care
Even when Baal slept peaceful and 
Bm/D
unaware
                        Am
At night a lilac sky, a drunken Baal
        B7                     Em
Turning pious as the sky grows pale

[VERSE 3]

Em                             
 So through hospital, cathedral, 
         C
whiskey bar
Baal kept moving onwards and just 
    Bm/D     Bm
let things go
When Baal's tired, boys, Baal cannot
Am
 fall far
                 B7/D#         
He will have his sky down there 
   Em
below

[LINK 1]

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[VERSE 4]

Fm                            
 When the sinners congregate in 
          Db
shame together
Baal lay naked, revelling in their 
  Cm
distress
     Ab                        
Only sky, a sky that will go on 
    Bbm
forever
         C7                   Fm
Formed a blanket for his nakedness

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[VERSE 5]

Fm                             
 And that lusty girl, the world, 
                   Db
who'll laugh and yield
To the men who'll stand the pressure
        Cm
 of her thighs
          Ab                       
Sometimes gave him love-bites, such
             Bbm
 as can't be healed
        C7                         
Baal survived it, he just used his 
Fm
eyes

[VERSE 6]

Fm                                
 And when Baal saw lots of corpses
           Db
 scattered round
He felt twice the thrill, despite 
            Cm/Eb
the lack of room
         Ab                        
"Space enough" said Baal, "they're 
    Bbm
not thick on the ground
       C7                        
Space enough within this woman's 
Fm
womb"

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[VERSE 7]

Em                                
Any vice for Baal has got its 
   C
useful side
It's the man who practice it, he 
Bm
can't abide
                                 Am
Vices have their point, once you see
 it as such
         B7                      
Stick to two for one will be too 
Em
much

[VERSE 8]

Em                                
 Slackness, softness are the sort 
             C
of things to shun
Nothing could be harder than the 
G/D       G/B
quest for fun
Lots of strength is needed and 
  Am/C
experience too
                      B7/D#      Em
Swollen bellies can embarrass you

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[VERSE 9]

Fm                                
 Under gloomy stars and this poor 
        Db
veil of tears
Baal will graze a pasture till it 
     Cm/Eb
disappears
Once it's been digested to the 
         Bbm
forest's teeth
          C7                       
Baal trod singing for a well earned
 Fm
 sleep

[VERSE 10]

Fm                                
 Baal can spot the vultures in the
        Db
 stormy sky
As they wait up there to see if Baal
      Cm/Eb
 will die
          Ab                       
Sometimes Baal pretends he's dead, 
             Bbm
but vultures swoop
        C7              
Baal in silence dines on 
     Fm
vulture-soup

[VERSE 11]

Fm                                
 When the dark womb drags him down
        Db
 to its prize
What's the world still mean to Baal,
          Cm/Eb
 he's overfed
        Ab                         
So much sky is lurking still behind
     Bbm
 his eyes
           C7                      
He'll just have enough sky when 
  Fm
he's dead

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[VERSE 12]

Em                                
 Once the Earth's dark womb 
               C
engulfed the rotting Baal
Even then the sky was up there, 
          Bm/D
quiet and pale
                        Am
Naked, young, immensely marvellous
B7                                
 Like Baal loved it when he lived 
     Em
with us