John has played this slightly differently from show to show. There is no "right" way. That said in the recorded
version the D is played as x0023x (with emphasis on the A string) and the other chords in the main progression are
also played as power chords more or less (to play along, tune your guitar down a half step).
Riff (for the D to G instrumentals):
-22222222xx222222
-33333333xx333333 ...into the G chord
-2222222242222222
-0000000000000000
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Intro:
D A Bm G (can be played once, twice, or not at all)
D A
These roses are the pleasures of the flesh
Bm G
These ones here they are the pleasures of the spirit
D A
And tucked behind a pornographic picture in a frame
Bm G
The troops found the pierced heart and they all gathered near it
D Asus4 D D
D A
And the dust clouds bloomed in the dark
Bm G
And the face gazed up from the frame
D A
Roomful of French troops in a Franciscan abbey
Bm G
History does not recall their names
A D
Of the several things that you have to do today
G
You're gonna regret one
A
This generation asks for a sign
D G
It isn't gonna get one
D G D G
D A
Berthe then took the pictures to the priest
Bm G
And the priest fell on his face and pawed the floor
D A
And the story lived on for a decade or two
Bm G
But no one really knows it anymore
D Asus4 D D
D A
But the blessed heart is seen in the airbrush
Bm G
And the blessed heart is beating on the wind
D A
And the bodies of the faithful stacked by dozens by the roadsides
Bm G
Stripped and scourged and skinned
A D
Of the several things that you have to do today
G
You're gonna regret one
A
This generation asks for a sign
D G
It isn't gonna get one
D Asus4 D D
Thanks to Mike (green_vii) for helping out!