Haunted
The Smashing Pumpkins
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Key:
F#m D F#m Along the banks of rivers ZionE F#m Sang a fallen and forswornA F#m D F#m The chain of human rageE And let between an ocean rainE Bm And lambs so led, I stayed [Chorus 1]A Bm If this be life, our evening's prayerBm Or death's denouementA Bm A thorned idyll that's offered no oneBm And I've stood for no oneA E Bm And father, I'm nowhereF#m D A F#m I'm no closer to your throneD F#m [Verse 2]F#m D F#m Swirling forth, the sea conscriptedContinues after the adE F#m Each, the dead and nursery rhymeA F#m D F#m At voice, a trailing droneE And baptized by the breath of painE Bm I crossed heart's knave and swore [Chorus 2]A Bm If this be life, our evening's prayerBm Or death's denouementA Bm A thorned idyll that's offered no oneBm And I've stood for no oneA E Bm And father, I'm nowhereF#m D A I'm no closer to your throne [Bridge]A Bm Swirling forthA The dead and nursery rhyme [Chorus 3]A Bm If this be life, our evening's prayerBm Or death's denouementA Bm A thorned idyll that's offered no oneBm And I've stood for no oneA E Bm And father, I'm nowhereF#m D A I'm no closer to your throneA Bm Pacific glass, these gifts rend senselessBm And knell, repentlessA Bm The auger of the cosmic travelerBm As God's own stragglerA E Bm Who's vowed, unopposedF#m D A To embody word and shore