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Hopeful Assassins of Zeno
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E			B	
Get tired of coming in from the mountains every year

C				 A
	Find some place to set up shop around here

E		    B
Spread out a little, circulate

C			    A
A log that floats down river will surely take on weight

   D		  G C		E
Meet some people,     make some friends

D				      C
How long till we get sent back to the mountains?

B
	It all depends


       E
On the hopeful

C
And the cunning

	A7
And the faithful

	 CM7
The well-positioned

B		   E
	Filthy but graceful



E		     B
	Get familiar with affairs of state

C			     A
	Foretell the future, get a pretty good success rate

E		B
Notch some wins, take some losses

C			A
Be nice to the guys who wear necklaces with crosses

    D			       G C			   E
They will stab you in the back,   you gotta turn the other cheek

    D			      C	      B
You gotta learn to love Jesus, so to speak


       E
Like the hopeful

C
And the cunning

	A7
And the faithful

	 CM7
The well-positioned

B		   E
	Filthy but graceful
	

     G      F				 E
Real filthy, 	think about getting clean

     G				     F			  C B
Even hear the soldiers talk about it, down at the canteen


E			 B
Little kings keep coming, one another's head

C				  A
	Which is exactly how the portends read

E			  B
	Watch with wonder, fail to discern

C	A
	These people never learn

D			   G
How long until the snake devours its tail? 

C	     E
 Longer than we think

	   D
Still it's gotta happen sometime

C			    B
	Until then, raise a drink


       E
To the hopeful

C
And the cunning

	A7
And the faithful

	 CM7
The well-positioned

B		   E
	Filthy but graceful

Am B E 
Am B E