18 Bullet Holes

   E        E7          C#9      
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    B9

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       A9     B9       A9         
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 B9

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E                       B9   
18 bulletholes in the body of a 
                   A9
priest. they say he was eating a hot
 dog
           B9                      
when the ammunition was released.  
            A9          E
they say he was always fat and lazy
              B9               
but he was an awfully nice guy. 
               A9
that's just one more death to show 
you
           B9                   
you never know when you're gonna 
                                 C#m
die. you might be facing the beast.
E                             
sometimes, God, i feel like i'm 
              B9            A9
living in a bone grinding mill, and
every time
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         B9                  E
i hear the sound i can barely stand 
still. it's a thing i can't quite
make out
         B9                A9
sometimes but it seems to be getting
 louder--one more body from the
valley of the dry bones
     B9              C#m (strum down
 a few times)   B9 (strum down about
 3 times)
getting ground up into powder 
against Your holy will.

chorus: E   B9      A9       C#9
    oh, God, it hurts so bad to 
     B9        A9
love anybody down here.
        E         B9   A9
    why don't You come and help me 
out?
    C#9          B9   A9
    cause i can't even see clear.

the funny thing about the way a girl
 gets destroyed, about the way
that deal goes down, is that 
everybody sees it coming at the 
sister
from all the way across town.  and 
she isn't always blinded, she isn't
always far astray.  she just might 
not be thinking.  she might be 
having
a bad day. but when you choose, you 
choose, and when you drown, you
drown...(chorus)

bridge: (this goes right along with 
the intro part)
E                 E7
last night i dreamed that You 
swallowed me into Yourself and i was
floating on the sea inside.
C#9               B9             
when i landed on the shore, i saw
        A9
 all these people that i thought had
died. i hadn't seen
           B9           A9
some of them for ages.  they had 
left without a single word. and when
 i
said something to them,
B9
not a single one of them heard.

they were all looking right through 
everything like it wasn't even
there. some were full of anger,
some were full of fear. and then i 
recognized that something very sad
and very beautiful was happening
right here.  they were all caught 
outside standing alone in very heavy
rain, and when a raindrop landed
on my tongue, i didn't need You to 
explain that these were Your
tears...(chorus, then ending chorus)

ending chorus:
    E   B9     A9       C#9     
    oh, God, it hurts so bad to 
B9        A9
love anybody down here.
    E     B9          A9
    oh, that's right. You know so 
well.
          C#9       B9       A9
    one thorny crown, three nails 
and a spear.
          C#9       B9       A9
    one thorny crown, three nails 
and a spear.