In Old Yellowcake Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Smo[Em]ke ris[G]es fro[Em]m the ice[D]
fact[Em]ory on the edge,
on the edge of a city that exist
in per[D]petual [Em]gloom.
I snatch a note from the basket
of a [D]passing bi[Em]cycle
- "Go to the flour fact[G]ory. There's
something [D]waiting [Em]there for you."

[Verse 2]
Under the [A]window, covered by [C]curtains,
[D]all[G] lacy and spl[Em]attered with blo[D]od,
[G]we find [A]crutches in the corner and [C]bullets on the shelves,
which I dismiss at [G]once as being equivalent,
ir[Em]relevant, [D]in and of themselves.

[Verse 3]
[Em]Underneath [G]a staircase is a
[D]mast which [Em]flies a flag.
Despite dankess beyond ima[G]gining,
it floats [D]on to a [Em]higher hole.
In tunnels gouged be[G]neath
the basement [D]rooms are,
unmis[Em]takably,
sets of [G]bloody handprints on [D]a crumbling [Em]wall.[G][A]

[Verse 4]
Oh won't you [C]be [G]there with [C]me [G]for it,
[D]to [A]night? In this hut-to-hut
witch witch [C]witch hunt,
down the tun[G]nels of [D]Old
[A]Yellowcake,
when all the [C]souls in a city
[G]go drowning by star[D]light,
[A]where each choice you mak[C]e is a fierce fir[D]efight or a
[G]new mistak[D]e?

[Interlude 1]
[Em][G][D][Em][G]
[D][Em]

[Verse 5]
[Em]Inside of a room is a [G]cage,
is a cage. It's [D]made out
of chain and glass.
It's about [Em]forty feet [G]high
and three feet wide,
and [D]it was [Em]built [D]to last. It's
[Em]against a brick wall
in an [G]old muddy corner of a
[D]basement [Em]tun nel room.
[D]There's [Em]a man in the [G]cage in the [Gm]old,
muddy [G]corner. [D]He's asleep,
but he'll wake [Em]up soon.
Under the [D]window,[A]

[Verse 6]
[C]
covered by curtains,
[G]all [D]lacy and splattered with [A]blood,
we [Em]find crutches [D]in the corner and
bullets on the shelves,
which I dismiss at once as being equivalent,
irrelevant, in and of themselves.
[A][G]

[Verse 7]
[G]Oh[D][A][G][D]
[G]won[D]'t[A]
[C]you be there with [D]me [G]for it,
to[D]night? [A]In this hut-to-hut witch
witch [C]witch hunt down [D]the tun[G]nels
of [D]Old [A]Yellowcake, when
all the [C]souls in a city go
[G]drowning by [D]starlight,
[A]where each choice you mak[C]e is
[D]a fierce [G]firefight or a new
mis[D]take?

[Outro 1]
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