The Black Plague Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Ohohohohoh[Bm][G][Bm][Em][Bm][G]
[Bm][Em][Bm][G][Bm]
[Em][Bm][G][Em][Bm][Em]
[Bm][Em]
(Gregorian chants)

[Verse 2]
The bell [Em]tolls
The black [E]plague has [Em]struck[E]
Diseased eyes roll upwards
[Em]As if knowing wh[E]ich direction
their souls [Em]will travel[E]
(Bring out [Em]your [E]dead)
A woman in black cries
As the deathly [Em]pro cession passes by
[E]And monks moan en [Em]masse

[Verse 3]
[Em]
Ohohohohohoh
[E](Gregorian chants)
The yet [Em]clean peasant pounds
upon [E]the castle [Em]door
For it is safer inside the wall
[E]s[Em]
[E]Their knocking pounds a dull tone across the quiet,
deserted courtyard
[Em]The [E]bodies of unfortuates bloat in the hot
sun outside the castle walls
And ones ignorant [Em]of all facts plunder the diseased
[E]corpses for remaining [Em]riches.
(Bring out [E]your dead)
And the bell tolls [Em]on
[E]

[Verse 4]
A man walk[Em]s around the castle
walls on the outside
The light from his lamp dancing
[E]shadows as [Em]he moves
He tends [E]the sick
[Em]Gives comf[E]ort to all he can for dying[Em]
woman and crying [E]man[Em]
[E]But he feels it most for the children
[Em][E][Em][E]
[Em]
(Unclean)
Tears glisten on [E]his cheek
[Em]Did man ever deserve [E]this death?
[Em]And not all w[E]ill die, just the p[Em]oor
For the rich are inside
[D]the castle wall[E]s[Em]
And he knows he could be [D]with [E]them
And they laugh at this fool
of a man
[Em]Through the stone fortress windows
[E]And[Em] the [E]be[Em]ll tolls[E]
[Em]on
[E][Em]

[Verse 5]
(Unclean)
And many deaths and many
days [E]later
Many tears have been cry cried but in vain
[Em]For tears can [E]never erase
the pain [Em]of death
Only time has that [E]talent[Em]
[E]His hands are now blistered
but [Em]this man walks on
The only element [E]of sanity that [Em]the people look
to him for answers and he answers all
[E]And the bell tolls [A]on inside
[Em]the castle [E]wall[Em]
(Bring out [E]your[Em][E][Em]
[E]dead)

[Verse 6]
The dead are now buried and [Em]the plague
is at its [E]en d
[Em]Life for t[E]he people flowers agai[Em]n[E]
They breathe fresh [Em]air like they
[E]did once [Em]before
And there is not [E]a sound from beyond
the castle [Em]walls
[E]The bell has stopped
And only silence is heard
And the peasants [G]outside
wonder what happened within
In their bones they feel
something is wrong
The bell has been silent
much [E]too long
For many days not one [F#]soul has stirred [G]from the stone
fort[E]ress where the rich people live
No [A]one came [G]and no one went
[G]Fear can do many str[A]ange things
And even though wa[G]ter ran low
Their mouths burnt and bellys caked dry
Not one person put a foot outside
No one had that much courage
For they feared the peasants
[F#]and their world outside
So they played it safe and
did[Em]n't move
But one [E]by [Em]one they perished and died

[Outro 1]
[E][D][E]
[Em][Bm]
[Em][Bm][Em][Bm]
[Em][G][Bm][Em][Bm]