Jigoku Dayu Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em]
[Gaug]
[Em][C][Em][C][G][Em][C][G][Em]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Em][C]
[Em][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Sewing in the illustrations: endless torture, raging demons
[Am]All [D]reside i[Am]n devil's fi[D]re[Dm][D][Dsus4]
[G]
Underworld: Yomi - "home"

[Verse 2]
[Em]Why is she depicting all the scenes
of hell and it's [Am]inflictings
Into her ki[D]mono's textures?
Time to see - what's [Dsus4]come to b[G]e

[Verse 3]
[Em]She has spent her life as a servant of man
and their disgust[C]ing de[Em]sires

[Verse 4]
[Em]Metaphorically and symbolically
living in literal [C]purgat[Em] ory

[Verse 5]
[Em]Sewing in the illustrations: endless torture,
raging demons
[Am]All reside in devil's [D]fire[Dsus4]
[G]Un derworld: Yomi - "home"
[Em]Why is

[Verse 6]
she depicting all the scenes
of hell and [Am]it's inflictings
Into her ki[D]mono's textures?
Time to see - what's [Dsus4]come to b[G]e
[Em]She has

[Verse 7]
spent her life as [D#dim]a ser
[Em]vant of man and their
[C]disgusting de[Em]sires

[Verse 8]
[Em]Metaphorically and symbol[D#dim]ically[Em]
living in literal purgat[Am]ory[Em]

[Verse 9]
[Em]
Long [Am]ago l[Em]ived Otoboshi: daughter
of a samurai
Father killed, the family fled into
the mountains;
ambushed [Am]soon
Bandits kidnapped her and sold
her to a local [Em]brothel

[Verse 10]
[Em]Forced into a life of servitude
- a courtesan for [Am]all
[Em]Naming herself Jigok[Am]u - [Em]she wrapped
herself in scenes of [C]hell[Am]
Flame and fire - skeletons [Em]- this [Am]ki[D]
[Em]mono; life: rep[G] re[Am]sented[Em][C]
[Am]Rising to

[Verse 11]
the highest [Em]rank of [Am]courtesan she [Em]climbed[Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Am][Em][B][Em][C]
[Em][C][B][Am][Em][C][Em][Am][Em][C][B]
[Am][Em][C][Em][B][Am][Em]

[Verse 12]
But [Em]skelet[D#m]on s, [B]in [Em]bags of[F#] flesh[Em] - is[G]
all [D#m]we are[Em][G][Em][Am][Em][C]
[Em]Skelet[D#m]on s, [Em]in bags [D]of[Em] flesh - is [G]all
[D#m]we are[Em][G][Em][G][Am][Em][B]
[Em]Skeleton s[D#m],[Em]
in [D]bags [Em]of flesh -[G] is all we[D#m] are[Em]
[G][Em][G][Em]

[Verse 13]
Soon was sought by a zen priest
who wanted to meet this [Am]elite
[Em]Trading poems and revelations; Jigoku soon
tests [C]the monk
[Am]Sees him [Em]dancing - skel[Am]etons; consuming
flesh and al[Em]co h[Am]ol[Em]

[Verse 14]
[Am]Over the years, finding [Em]enlight[Am]enment [Am]from [Em]Ikky¡Ø's teachings

[Interlude 2]
[C][Em][C][Em][F#][Em][Am][Em]
[C][Am][Em][C][Em][Am][Em][B][D][Am][D][Em]
[C][Em][Em][Em][C][B][Bm][Em]
[C][Bm][B][Bm][B]
[Em]Do not bury me or burn

[Verse 15]
[Em]my body
when I have died
[C]Throw me in the fields
[B]So that I may feed all the
starving [Bm]dogs[B]
[Em]Do not bury

[Verse 16]
me or burn my
body when I have died
Throw [C]me in the fields
[Bm]So that I ma[B]y feed all the s[Bm]tarving do[Bm]gs
[Em]It

[Verse 17]
kills me to see just
what they've [F#]done[F#]
[G]It kills me to see just wha[Em]t she has[C] bec[Em]ome
It kills me to see just what they've [F#]done
[G]It kills me to see just wha[Em]t
she [C]has [Em]be c[Gaug]ome

[Verse 18]
Fell [B]ill, sings a song
[Em]The song ends, she dies

[Verse 19]
It kills me to see just [Em]what [F#]they've done
[G]It kills me to see just wha[Em]t
she [C]has [Em]become

[Verse 20]
Young, but at peace Life of [Em]hell cured
by the hypocrite priest

[Verse 21]
It kills me to see just [F#]what they've done
[G]It kills me to see just what she[Em] has
[C]bec[Em]ome[B][C][Em]