IntroDmVerse 1Gm
If you're never sorry
DmBb
Then you can't be forgiven
C
If you're not forgiven
ADm
Then you can't be forgotten
A
If you're not forgotten
Dm
Then you can live forever
D
If you live forever
ADm
Then you'll begin to dream
BbADm
Of death, death, death, death
BbADm
Death...
ChorusFDmF
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
Dm
Asked me which books as of late I've read
G
Ezra Pound sat upon my bed
ABb
Asked me which books as of late I've read
Gm
Asked me if I've, uh, read his own
ADm
And whether I could spare a pound
Gm
Of flesh to cover his bare bones
ABb
I says, "Man, take a pound, take two
Gm
What's a pound of flesh between
ADm
Friends like me and you?
BbADm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
BbADm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?"
Verse 2FDmFm
But if you're never sorry
FDm
If you're never sorry
Gm
If you're never sorry
ABb
Then you can't be forgiven
G
If you're not forgiven
DADm
Then you can't be forgotten
A
If you're not forgotten
D
Then you must live forever
If you live forever
ADm
You cannot be reborn
C
If you're not reborn then
ABb
You can't be a baby
FC
If you're not a baby
ADm
You can't learn how to crawl
A
If you cannot crawl away
Bb
Then you must stay in bed all day
FA
If you stay in bed all day
Dm
You're sure to have some visitors
ChorusG
Ezra Pound will sit upon your bed
ABb
Ask you which books as of late you've read
FG
Ask you if you've, uh, read his own
ADm
And whether you could spare a pound
G
Of flesh to cover his bare bones
ABb
You'll say, "Man, take a pound, take two
G
What's a pound of flesh between
ADm
Friends like me and you?
BbADm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
BbADm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?
BbADm
What's a pound of flesh among friends?"
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