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Intro: A 

A               F#m   Bm
Red face at noon, 
                             D      A
Stripped naked we can't get free, 
                         F#m      D
and doubling over in the street, 
                  A
dozens just like me. 
                  Bm            A
Spreading like a rumor 
                  C#m   Bm  A
Spreading like a rumor. 

                                    F#m         Bm
And the doctors come traveling house to house, 
                            D        A
and they visit the sick each day. 
                                 F#m     D
Sit with them there until they're gone. 
                A        D
Die quicker that way. 
              C#m    Bm
Save who they save, 
                       D
on their way down to the grave . 
                A          D
Spreading like a rumor, 
	         C#m     Bm   A
Spreading like a rumor. 

                       F#m       Bm
Run to the altars beg for shade, 
                               D       A
take to the high sea thousand strong. 
                                   F#m      D
Hang on to your goodness when you can, 
                      A         D
sweat it out all night long. 
                   A             D    E
And listen for the old melody, 
as it comes to me, 
     A         A*            D
on a high wind down from Ethiopia 
     A         A*            D
on a high wind down from Ethiopia
     A         A*            D
on a high wind down from Ethiopia 
     A         A*            D
on a high wind down from Ethiopia 

Outro: A A* D

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Note: It's a little hard to hear the guitar at some parts so I'm not 100% sure about all the chords. It works for me though.