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Heretic Pride

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A  Asus2   Dsus2  D
Play around with these chords for the whole song if you'd like. high E string not played much on the D.

                                    A    Asus2 A
Well they come and pull me from my house
                                    Dsus2 D
And they drag my body through the streets
                                  E              D
And the sun’s so hot I think I’ll catch fire and burn up
                                  A
in the summer air so moist and sweet

And the people all come out to cheer
Rocks in the pathway break my skin
And there’s honeysuckle on the faint breeze today
With every breath I’m drawing in

          F#m                 D
I want to cry out but I don’t scream and I don’t shout
            A               D
And I feel so proud to be alive
           A   E             D               A
And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives

A  A  D  D   A  A  D  D

Crowds grow denser by the second
As we near the center of the town
And they dig a trench right in the main square right there
And they pick me up and throw me down

And I start laughing like a child
And I mark their faces one by one
Transfigurations gonna come for me at last
And I will burn hotter than the sun

I waited so long and now I taste jasmine on my tongue
And I feel so proud to be alive
And I feel so proud when the reckoning arrives