Gm

[Verse 1]
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Killing season it's beginning
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I feel your hands around my throat
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You're either lose, or come up winning
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I wear my old gray over coat,
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I paint it merry, I paint it black
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Tonight they hang Jerry, tonight they hang Jack


[Verse 2]
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When this killing season's opened,
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I never say your name again
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And if a smell your perfume, the perfume of your blood
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I know it's just a coincidence, instance of my drug
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You hear the children speaking backwards
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Their bodies float above he bed


[Bridge 1]
F                             G
Who sings a song that isn't sung, my soul's in traction
F                                 G
Cops and criminals, and all that crawl get into action
F                              G
Smell in the instance of the perfume of your blood
F                              G
Smell in the instance of the perfume of my drug


[Verse 3]
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The prick and border start to pound,
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Powdering in the air like anthrax brought six white horses down
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When this cold, dark night is over,
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There ain't nobody left around


[Instrumental 1]
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[Bridge 2]
F                  G
I paint it merry, paint it black
F                         G
Tonight they hang Jerry, tonight they hang Jack
F                               G
And when this fever's dream is ending
F                         G
I'll never come this way again
F
And if a smell your perfume, the perfume of your blood
G/B          Bb                  G
I know it's just a coincidence, instance of my drug


[Verse 4]
G/B       Bb          G
Killing season it's beginning
G/B       Bb              G
Skeleton hands around my throat
G/B           Bb               G
Someone will lose, somebody's winning
G/B        Bb            G
I wear my old gray over coat
G/B        Bb            G
I wear my old gray over coat