IntroA / Dm6/A# / A / Dm7A / Dm6/A# / A / A#6A / Dm6/A# / A / Dm7A / Dm6/A# / A / A#6VerseADm6/A#ADm6/A#
We keep on bury- ing our dead
ADm6/A#AF6
We keep on planting their bones in the ground
F6/EF6/D
But they won't grow
F6/CF5
The sun doesn't help
Dm7
The rain
InstrumentalADm6/A#ADm7
doesn't help
A / Dm6/A# / A / A#6A / Dm6/A# / A / Dm7A / Dm6/A# / A / A#6VerseADm6/A#ADm6/A#
If my garden would have a fence
ADm6/A#AF6
Then the rabbits couldn't just come in
F6/EF6/D
And sit on the grass
F6/CF5
And eat all the flowers
Dm7
And shit
ChorusAA/GF6
Hi, I'm Icarus, I'm falling
C#m7-5 A7
Down
DmDm/CDm/AA#
Man for judgment must prepare me
Dm/ADm/GDm/FDm
Spare, oh god, in mercy spare me
Verse 2ADm6/A#ADm6/A#
Man, I have a terrible feeling
ADm6/A#AF6
That something's gone awful, very wrong with the world
F6/EF6/D
Is it something we made?
F6/CF5
Is it something we ate?
Dm7
Is it something
ChorusAA/GF6
we drank. Hi, I'm Icarus, I'm falling
C#m7-5 A7Dm7
From the dust of earth returning
DmDm/CDm/AA#
Man for judgment must prepare me
Dm/ADm/GDm/FDm
Spare, oh god, in mercy spare me
ChorusAA#CA#
La- cri- mo- sa
AA#C
Aw aw aw aw
AA#CA#
La- cri- mo- sa
AA#C
Aw aw aw aw
[A piece from Oedipus]
Dm7 ad lib
VerseADm6/A#ADm6/A#
We keep on bury- ing our dead
ADm6/A#AF6
We keep on planting their bones in the ground
F6/EF6/D
But they won't grow
F6/CF5
The sun doesn't help
F6/EF6/D
And all we've got
F6/CF6
Is a giant crop
Dm7
Of names
ChorusAA/GF6
and dates. Hi, I'm Icarus, I'm falling
C#m7-5 A7Dm7
Down from this day of tears and mourning
C#m7-5 A7Dm7
From the dust of earth returning
DmDm/CDm/AA#6
Man for judgment must prepare me
Dm/ADm/GDm/FDm
Spare, oh god, in mercy spare me
OutroAA/GF6
Lacrimosa
C#dim7 A7(#11) Dm7
La- crimosa
DmDm/FDm/AA#
Lacrimosa dies illa
DmDm/FDm/AA#
Qua resurget ex favilla
DmDm/CDm/AGm
Judicandus homo reus
Dm/ADm/GDm/FDm
Huic ergo parce, Deus
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