Requiem For The Masses

Intro:

        Snare roll [2X]

        (acapella w/military drums; 
chords implied):

        C#m                    B
        Requiem aeternam, requiem 
   G#m F# F#sus2
aete...rnam

Verse:

        F#            F#6
        [D]           [D6]
        Mama, mama, forget your pies
              F#7                  
F#
             [D7]                
        Have faith they won't get 
  [D]
cold
             F#                    
F#6
             [D]                 
        And turn your eyes to the 
  [D6]
bloodshot sky
              F#7            F#
              [D7]          [D]
        Your flag is flying full

           F#           (octaves in 
piano l.h; guitar enters gradually)
           [D]
        At half-mast
Continues after the ad
        For the matadors
        Who turned their backs
        To please the crowd
        And all fell before the bull

Bridge 1:

         B           A#m G#m      F#
        [G]         [F#m][Em]    
        Red was the color of his 
 [D]
blood flowing thin
                 B            A#m  
G#m     F#
                [G]          [F#m] 
        Pallid white was the color 
[Em]    [D]
of his lifeless skin
         B           A#m  G#m     
 F#
        [G]         [F#m] [Em]    
        Blue was the color of the 
 [D]
morning sky
            A
           [F]
        He saw looking up from the 
ground where he died
                         G#m       
 F#
                         [Em]      
        It was the last thing ever 
[D]
seen by him

        (acapella w/military drums 
and sustained F# on bass; chords 
implied):

        F#m E  C#m B  F#
        Kyrie elei...son

        (flugelhorn and military 
drums)

[repeat verse]

Bridge 2:

        Black and white were the 
figures that recorded him
        Black and white was the 
newsprint he was mentioned in
        Black and white was the 
question that so bothered him
        He never asked, he was 
taught not to ask
        What was on his lips as they
 buried him

        (acapella w/military drums; 
chords implied:)

        F#
        Rex tremendae majestatis

Coda:

        (acapella w/military drums; 
chords implied:)

        C#m                    B
        Requiem aeternam, requiem 
   G#m F# F#sus2
aete...rnam