Tryst With Mephistopheles Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]I stumbled on the summit's path
[D]Clum[G]sy, clumsy
No paragon am I
I can't even keep my shoes

[Interlude 1]
tied
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[Verse 2]
I've [G]been in love with Owen ever since
I [D]heard [G]the strains of Psalm
[Em]21[G]
Standing between the choirs
As they sang, "Laudate Dominum,

[Interlude 2]
Laudate Dominum"
[G]

[Verse 3]
[G]Damn, I wrote it down
but I left it in the pocket of
[D]my [G]other [Am]jeans
[G]Scrawled across the foolscap
I don't know what your devo[D]tion means
I [G]don't [Am]know what your devotion means

[Verse 4]
[Am]And [G]up, upon the summit I can see
The [D]one I [G]wor[Em]shipped as a [G]boy
The Creator, The Great White Noise
The Great White [Gsus4]Noise
[G]

[Interlude 3]
[Gm]
[G][D][G][Gsus4]

[Verse 5]
[G]Charged and charging up the ridge
[Gsus4]The chests are empty[G], the coffers too
They float in the flood, and so will you,

[Interlude 4]
I swear, so will you
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[Verse 6]
"Your [Eb]light [Cm]is s[Eb]pent! Yo[Cm]ur
[Eb]light is [Gm]spent!" I [F]cried
[Gm]As I drove the iron spike into
[Bb]Owen's eyes
[Cm]The sun sped cross the plains like
[F]that cinematic moment where
Hu[Gm]manity and nature collide
[Bb]When[Cm] you think,
[F]"Everything's gonna [Gm]be a[Bb]ll right"
Just before [Cm]the [F]hero g[Gm]ets a bullet
in his [Bb]side

[Interlude 5]
[Cm][F][Gm][Bb]
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[Verse 7]
Whizzing off the clifftop
Listening for the spatter,
thirty floors [D]below[G]
Down come the vultures
I will not be your fuel anymore

[Verse 8]
[G]Now the [D]author [G]has been si [D]lenced,
[G]how wil[D]l the[G]y ever dec[Am]ipher me?
I [G]hope they hear these
words and are convinced
[D]You nev[Am]er even knew me

[Verse 9]
[Am]I dr[G]aw a bruise on your
brawny shoulder
[D]Scratch [G]my fin[Em]gers
over [G]your tattoos

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