On Our Death Day

Am C/B C F C C/B


[Verse 1]

Am            E
After it’s all gone
F           C     C/B
It’ll be so clear
Am            E
There were hundreds of ways out
F           C     C/B
But only one way here
Am            C
When the city’s a bone and desert
F                       C   C/B
And the farms are poisoned dirt
Am            C
You’ll start looking for answers
F                             C  C/B
You’ll start looking where you hurt


[Chorus]

   F
Oh Mary
          C
Is it too late?
C
Is every word an echo
           Em
Does every song fade?
            F
Will you be standing
        C
Under a black and silver sky
      Am
By my side
       Em
By the graves
             Am C/B C F C C/B
On our death day


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[Verse 2]

Am                       C
There’s a vulture with his head down
F                        C      C/B
The captain’s butchering Gunga Din
Am                       C
He calls for darkness and darkness 
comes
F                         C      C/B
Our fellow slaves invite it in
Am            C
But not you my beloved
F                              C 
You’re all that’s good in this 
     C/B
world
Am                       C
And while the night feels stuck and 
endless
F               C           C/B
The road’s half lit, the moon’s a 
pearl


[Chorus]

   F
Oh Mary
          C
Is it too late?
C
Is every word an echo
           Em
Does every song fade?
            F
Will you be standing
        C
Under a black and silver sky
      Am
By my side
       Em
By the graves
             Am C/B C F C C/B
On our death day




[Verse 3]

Am              C
When all hope is gone
F                   C    C/B
All that’s left is hope
Am                       C
It’s not absent from this song
F                              C 
Though my voice won’t tell you so
   C/B

Am                    C
But why should I explain?
F                       C     C/B
What’s been obvious and plain
Am                       C
You’re in every book ever written
F                              
All you’ve ever known were these 
   C    C/B
chains


[Chorus]

   F
Oh Mary
          C
Is it too late?
C
Is every word an echo
           Em
Does every song fade?
            F
Will you be standing
        C
Under a black and silver sky
      Am
By my side
       Em
By the graves
             Am C/B C F C C/B
On our death day


[Other]

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