Em
 I thought I'd take a walk today
D
It's a mistake I sometimes make
Em
My children lay asleep in bed
D
My wife lay wide-awake
Em
I kissed her softly on the brow
D
I tried not to make a sound
Em
But with stony eyes she looked at me
D
And gently squeezed my hand
Em                     D
Call it a premonition, call it a crazy vision
Em                 D
Call it intuition, something learned from mother
Em                            D
But when she looked up at me, I could clearly see
Em                    D                      Em
The Sword of Damocles hanging directly above her
D              Em
Oh Lord Oh my Lord
D
Oh Lord


[Chorus]
G             G7
How have I offended thee?
C                Cm
Wrap your tender arms around me
G       D
Oh Lord Oh Lord
Em       D
Oh My Lord


[Verse 2]
Em
They called at me through the fence
D
They were not making any sense
Em
They claimed that I had lost the plot
D
Kept saying that I was not
Em
The man I used to be
D
They held their babes aloft
Em
Threw marsh mellows at the Security
Em
And said that I'd grown soft
Em                  D
Call it intuition, call it a creeping suspicion,
Em                     D
But their words of derision meant they hardly knew me
Em                     D
For even I could see in the way they looked at me
Em                     D                        Em
The Spear of Destiny sticking right through me
D                 Em
Oh Lord Oh my lord
D
Oh Lord


[Chorus]
G             G7
How have I offended thee?
C                Cm
Wrap your tender arms round me
G       D
Oh Lord Oh lord
Em       D
Oh My Lord


[Verse 3]
Em
Now I'm at the hairdressers
D
People watch me as they move past
Em
A guy wearing plastic antlers
D
Presses his bum against the glass
Em
Now I'm down on my hands and knees
D
And it's so fucking hot!
Em
Someone cries, "What are you looking for?"
D
I scream, "The plot, the plot!"
Em                  D
I grab my telephone, I call my wife at home
Em                          D
She screams, "Leave us alone!" I say, "Hey, it's only me"
Em                           D
The hairdresser with his scissors, he holds up the mirror
Em                       D
I look back and shiver; I can't even believe what I can see


[Solo]
Em        D


[Verse 4]
Em
Be mindful of the prayers you send
D
Pray hard but pray with care
Em
For the tears that you are crying now
D
Are just your answered prayers
Em
The ladders of life that we scale merrily
D
Move mysteriously around
Em
So that when you think you're climbing up, man
D
In fact you're climbing down
Em                          D
Into the hollows of glamour, where with spikes and hammer
Em                          D
With telescopic camera, they chose to turn the screw
Em                   D
Oh I hate them, Ma! Oh I hate them, Pa!
Em                        D
Oh I hate them all for what they went and done to you
G       D
Oh Lord Oh my Lord
Em       D
Oh Lord


[Chorus]
G             G7
How have I offended thee?
C                Cm
Wrap your tender arms round me
G       D
Oh Lord Oh Lord
Em       D
Oh My Lord