[ Тональность: Em; предположительная оригинальная тональность: D#m ] Intro: | Eb | Eb | G/D | G/D | D | D | G Bbb In Orient where wise I was to please the way I live. Bbbm7 G Come give the beggar chance at hand his life is on his lip. Bbb Three score a thousand times where once in Amazon. Bbbm7 G Where El Dorado holds the key no keeper holds my hand. CHORUS: Cbm7 Fbm G/D Unchain the gate of solitude, the ruler says you run. Bbb/Db Eb7 G/D D Run hard unto the scaffold high - your chance to - jump the gun. G D7 G Oh, how high the scaffold grows - the plant life of your widow. D7 G In black lace curtains brought you near from out the plate glass window. G D7 G Oh, how high the scaffold grows - the plant life of your widow. D7 G In black lace curtains brought you near from out the plate glass window. G Bbb The Minotaur with bloody hands is - enraged by the sun. Bbbm7 G Caged he by the corpses brought forth by the dawn. Bbb In Orient is as I told the buckshee hangman swears. Bbbm7 G For open crypts to silence nylon knots to sway by prayer. {Repeat Chorus} G Bbb In Orient where wise I was to please the way I live. Bbbm7 G Come give the beggar chance at hand - his life is on his lip.
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