Guard Your Gates Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[B][G][D][A][Em]
[D][Em][D][A][F#][B]
[G][D][A][Em]
[D][Em][D][A][F#aug][G][A]
[F#m][Em]
[D][G][A][F#m]
[Em][D]

[Verse 1]
You were sav[G]aged [A]and shook by [F#m]the cr[Em]etinous crooks in your c[D]rib
On [G]the 5th of Ju[A]ly,
all that [F#m]heat from t[Em]he night on your l[D]ids
From [G]the crypt of your room,
[A]drilled [F#m]a hole in [Em]the moon, where [D]you hid
'Til your [G]power supply [A]shorted [F#]dusty [G]& dry. That

[Interlude 1]
was it
[B][G][D][A][Em]
[D][Em][D]
You nev[A]er know un

[Verse 2]
[F#]til it's t[F#aug]oo late[B]
[G]

[Interlude 2]
[D][A][Em]
[D][Em][D][A][F#]

[Verse 3]
[G]Some days I'd [A]like to be [F#m]the fierce
com[Em]petition[D]
Although I'm better off
marooned in the priest caste
[G]No death by [A]decimal score,
[D]no dean of [Em]admission[D]s
Just supporting actors,
understudying the leading [G]man
It's [A]a cold light
[F#]In your [G]spent heat

[Interlude 3]
[B][G][D][A][Em]
[D]You

[Verse 4]
[Em]neve[D]r know unt[Em]il it'[D]s too late[F#][B]
[G]

[Interlude 4]
[D][A][Em]
[D][Em][D][A][F#][F#aug]

[Verse 5]
[D]Go guard your gates, Powder Keg
Let [Em]the lightning in your lineage [D]lay
[A]Down [G]for [D]days, [A]Powder [G]Keg[D]
[A]Leave [G]your [Em]lightning for the
rest of us
Your borderline protectorate
Of fin[G]gers crossed & pixie dust

[Verse 6]
You never know until it's too late
[B]You[G][D][A][Em]
[D]nev[Em]er[D][A]
know un[F#]til it's [F#aug]too late[B]
Go guard your [G]gates, Powder Keg
[D]Let the lightnin[A]g in your
[Em]Go guard your gates,
[D]Powder Keg[Em][D]
Let the [A]lightning in your lin
[Em]eage [F#aug]lay[B]
Go guard your [G]gates, Powder [D]Keg
Let [Em]the lightning in your
Go guard your [D]gates, Powder [D]Keg
Let [Em]the lightning in your lineage lay