Book of Thel Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Esus4][Am]
[Esus4][Am][Esus4][Am]
[Esus4]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
The mark is [Am]on you now
The furnace sealed inside your head
Melting from the inside now
Waxy tears run down your face

[Verse 2]
The [Am]whore that never told her tale
Relives it every night with you
Far off stands the lamb and waits
For the wolf to come and end its life

[Verse 3]
[E]Stand inside the temple
As the book [Em]of Thel is o[Dm]pening
The [E]priestess [Em]stands before you
[E]Of fering her hand out,
she's rising
[C]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
Come [C]the dawning of the [F]dead
[Dm]In famine an[C] d i[Am]n war
Now the har[C]lot womb of [F]death
[Dm]Spits out its [C]rotten c[Am]ore

[Verse 5]
Serpent on the [Am]altar now
Has wrapped itself around your spine
So you look into its mouth

[Verse 6]
And you kiss the pearly fangs divine
[Am]Happy that your end is swift
The weeping virgin cries in bliss
The snake and priestess, they are one
The veil of flesh is ripped undone

[Verse 7]
[E]Stand inside the temple
[Em]As the book of Thel is o[Dm]pening
The [E]priestess [Em]stands before you
Offering her hand out,
she's rising
[E][Em][Dm][C]

[Verse 8]
[Am]
Come the [C]dawning of the [F]dead
[Dm]In famine an[C] d i[Am]n war
Now the har[C]lot womb of [F]death
[Dm]Spits out its [C]rotten c[Am]ore

[Verse 9]
By the [C]pricking of my [F]thumbs
[Dm]Something wicked [C]this [Am]way comes
And when [C]sleep takes you to[F]night
Will you [Dm]wake to [C]see [Am]the light...?

[Interlude 1]
[F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F]
[Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F]
[Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am]
[F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Em][Am]
[F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F][Am][F]
[Am][F][Am][C][F][Dm][Am][F][Dm][Am][F][Dm][Am][Em]
[F][E][Eb][Am]

[Verse 10]
The burning sweat of [Am]poison tears
The river flowing red with
blood
The cradle-robbing hand
hand of death

[Verse 11]
Caresses every dreaming head
[Am]Waiting for the marriage hearse
To take you to the funeral pyre
So you burn the family tree
The generations burning higher

[Verse 12]
[E]Stand inside [Em]the temple
[E]As [Em]the book [E]of T[Em]hel is openin[Dm]g
The [E]priestess [Em]stands before you
Offering her hand out,
she's rising
[Dm][C]

[Verse 13]
[Am]
Come [C]the dawning of [F]the dead
[Dm]In famine an[C] d i[Am]n war
Now the har[C]lot womb of [F]death
[Dm]Spits out its [C]rotten [Am]core

[Verse 14]
By the [C]pricking of my [F]thumbs
[Dm]Something wicked [C]this [Am]way comes
And when [C]sleep takes you to[F]night
Will you [Dm]wake to [C]see [Am]the light

[Verse 15]
By the [C]dawning of the [F]dead...[Dm][C][Am]
By the [C]dawning of the [F]dead...[Dm][C][Am]
By the [C]dawning of the [F]dead...[Dm][C][Am]
By the [C]dawning of the [F]dead...
[Dm][C][Am]

[Interlude 2]
[Am]

[Verse 16]
What [Am]demon hath formed
this abominable void...
This soul-shuddering vacuum?
vacuum?
Some said it [Am]is Urizen -
But unknown, abstracted, brooding secret
The [B]dark power [Bb]hid
[Am]