[Intro]
[D] [Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[Verse 1]
[Bm]Turning and turning
[G]Within the widening[D] gyre
[Bm]The falcon cannot [A]hear th[G]e falcon[D]er
[Bm]Things fall apart
The [G]center cannot [D]hold
And a [Bm]blood dimmed [G]tide
Is lo[A]osed upon the wo[D]rld
[Bm]Nothing is sacred
[G]The ceremony [D]sinks
[Bm]Innocence is d[A]rowned
[G]In anarchy[D]
The [Bm]best lack conviction
[A]Given some time to t[D]hink
And the [Bm]worst are full of pa[G]ssion
Without [A]merc[D]y
[Refrain]
[G]Surely some revel[D]ation is at [Bm]hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has [A]finally taken f[D]orm
[G]For what is this rough b[A]east
[Bm]Its hour come at [A]last
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Verse 2]
[Bm]Hoping and hoping
As [G]if by my weak fait[D]h
[Bm]The spirit of this w[A]orld
Would h[G]eal and [D]rise
[Bm]Vast are the shadows
That [G]straddle and [D]strafe
And[Bm] struggle in the [A]darkness
[G]Troubling my e[D]yes
[Bm]Shaped like a lion
It has the [G]head of a [D]man
With a [Bm]gaze as b[A]lank
And [G]pitiless as the [D]sun
And it's [Bm]moving its slow thighs
Across the [G]desert s[D]ands
Through d[Bm]ark indign[A]ant
Reel[G]ing falcon[D]s
[Refrain]
[G]Surely some revel[D]ation is at [Bm]hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has [A]finally taken f[D]orm
[G]For what is this rough b[A]east
[Bm]Its hour come at [A]last
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Verse 3]
[Bm]Raging and raging
It r[G]ises from the d[D]eep
[Bm]Opening its eyes
[A]After twe[G]nty centur[D]ies
[Bm]Vexed to a nightmare
[A]Out of a [G]stony sl[D]eep
[Bm]By a rocking c[A]radle
[G]By the Sea of [D]Galilee
[Refrain]
[G]Surely some revel[D]ation is at [Bm]hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has [A]finally taken f[D]orm
[G]For what is this rough b[A]east
[Bm]Its hour come at [A]last
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[D] [Bm] [D] [Bm] [D]
[Verse 1]
[Bm]Turning and turning
[G]Within the widening[D] gyre
[Bm]The falcon cannot [A]hear th[G]e falcon[D]er
[Bm]Things fall apart
The [G]center cannot [D]hold
And a [Bm]blood dimmed [G]tide
Is lo[A]osed upon the wo[D]rld
[Bm]Nothing is sacred
[G]The ceremony [D]sinks
[Bm]Innocence is d[A]rowned
[G]In anarchy[D]
The [Bm]best lack conviction
[A]Given some time to t[D]hink
And the [Bm]worst are full of pa[G]ssion
Without [A]merc[D]y
[Refrain]
[G]Surely some revel[D]ation is at [Bm]hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has [A]finally taken f[D]orm
[G]For what is this rough b[A]east
[Bm]Its hour come at [A]last
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Verse 2]
[Bm]Hoping and hoping
As [G]if by my weak fait[D]h
[Bm]The spirit of this w[A]orld
Would h[G]eal and [D]rise
[Bm]Vast are the shadows
That [G]straddle and [D]strafe
And[Bm] struggle in the [A]darkness
[G]Troubling my e[D]yes
[Bm]Shaped like a lion
It has the [G]head of a [D]man
With a [Bm]gaze as b[A]lank
And [G]pitiless as the [D]sun
And it's [Bm]moving its slow thighs
Across the [G]desert s[D]ands
Through d[Bm]ark indign[A]ant
Reel[G]ing falcon[D]s
[Refrain]
[G]Surely some revel[D]ation is at [Bm]hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has [A]finally taken f[D]orm
[G]For what is this rough b[A]east
[Bm]Its hour come at [A]last
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Verse 3]
[Bm]Raging and raging
It r[G]ises from the d[D]eep
[Bm]Opening its eyes
[A]After twe[G]nty centur[D]ies
[Bm]Vexed to a nightmare
[A]Out of a [G]stony sl[D]eep
[Bm]By a rocking c[A]radle
[G]By the Sea of [D]Galilee
[Refrain]
[G]Surely some revel[D]ation is at [Bm]hand
Surely it's the second coming
And the wrath has [A]finally taken f[D]orm
[G]For what is this rough b[A]east
[Bm]Its hour come at [A]last
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
[Bm]Slouching toward [G]Bethlehem to be [D]born
