Chord/Tab song: Threnody

These are just the basic chords. Get the melody involved throughout the song.

Capo: 2 nd fret

Intro: Am

[Am]gather 'round, you wounded people
[F]shadows fall upon the steeple,
[Am]soon shall come the c[G]losing of,
the c[F]losing of the g[G]ates

[Am]for there is a word of plague among us
[F]curse the one whose poison stung us,
[C]all along the a[Am]lleyways
the s[G]atyrs wait their fa[F]te[C][G]

[Am]but who's to blame when all are guilty
[F]morals stained & conscience filthy
[Am]abreast your idol [G]replicas
your r[F]eplicas of l[G]ust,

[Am]in the sky I hear the threshing
[F]dare to watch your lord undressing
[C]while you beg forg[Am]iveness,
you f[G]eed on his disgu[F]st -

but i[C]f perhaps the s[G]alt might stain your s[F]kin[C][G]
and [C]if perhaps the s[G]moke might weep your[F] eyes[C][G]
[C]listen while the t[G]hrenodies begi[C]n
[Am]know no one in h[G]ere gets out a[F]live.[C][G]

[Am]but let your frailty not deceive you
[F]a little pinprick, rest relieves you,
[Am]and dream of all the d[G]ays that are,
the yea[F]rs that are to co[G]me -

for [Am]you will dance & you'll be nimble
[F]pirouettes upon a thimble
and [C]I will be b[Am]eside you
lest I l[G]ose you once a[F]gain.

but i[C]f perhaps my s[G]orrows all are s[F]how[C][G]
and [Am]I should find a c[G]rack among the g[F]ates,[C][G]
[C]guilt shall follow [G]me where'er I [C]go[G]
[Am]though I try I k[G]now I can't e[F]scape

[Am]and when you're gone the earth will crumble
[F]I will try but I will stumble
[Am]and all through these c[G]ity streets
my [F]robes shall drag the g[G]round

[Am]hear the children swing with sorrow,
[F]yesterday was once tomorrow
[C]no more I'll be t[Am]roubled
by the t[G]roubles of this [F]world

but [C]if I lose my s[G]tep along the [F]way[C][G]
and [C]if the speech of [G]victim fills my [F]throat

[C]out beyond the cliffs that shape the [Am]day
it's there I?ll wander, there I?ll s[G]tray

it's there I?ll look for you when all my tr[F]ials are do[G]ne
[C]I feign sleep to save my b[Am]reath,
this love is loss, this life is t[G]heft,
and all that's left is some vain need [F]to carry [G]on

and t[C]hough I fear the tightening of the sk[Am]ies
against the dawn I'll watch you r[G]ise
oh lord, the company I ke[F]ep within my h[G]ead
[C]the scent of flesh might tease the n[Am]ose
it claims the calm, it clings the c[G]lothes

could that be you, my love?
F G 2 C Am G
[G]yo[C]ur[Am] du[G]st[F] u[G]pon the wind?