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Capo 1

G C (x4)
G Am F C (x2)

G Am
The acrid smell of burning branches 
F C
the relics all in ruin
G Am 
Broken blades atop the altar
F C
cheap substitutions
B7 Em
And the tapestry above
C G
Torn down, trampled, then re-hung
B7 Em  
Now illegible forever 
D C
an oracle with no tongue

Bm     C     Bm         G
All of this, all of this
Bm      C               B
All of this before I got there

G Am F C (x2)

G Am
And in a pit behind the altar
F C
the bodies of the fallen
G Am
Heavy tracks up to the lip 
F C
just to prove that they were crawling
B7 Em
Faces turned toward the sky
C G
that they would never see again
B7 Em
Victims of the fallout
D C
I have failed you sweet young men

Bm     C     Bm         G
All of this, all of this
Bm      C               B
All of this before I got there

G Am F C (x8)
End on G